title: [The madness of "The Quixote"].
abstract: The aim of this fiction psychiatric article, is to take a psychiatric look to El Quijote and to determine his strange and fascinating madness. His symptoms are analyzed as those of any patient and the conclusion is that he had a pre senile paranoia. This diagnosis, that gratifies clinicians curiosity, says nothing about the charm of his unusual mental profile or the captivating fascination of his nobility and poetry.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Chile.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lillo
mesh_terms: D003693:Delirium; D003704:Dementia; D006801:Humans; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D010258:Paranoid Behavior
vernacular_title: La locura del Quijote.