title: [Pathobiographyand Torquato Tasso's case].
abstract: The Authors report the hypotheses about Torquato Tasso psychiatric illness, formulated along two centuries. Correspondence, more than his poetic works, and his good interpersonal relations also with people who shut him in Sant'Anna, suggest the diagnosis of an Affective Disorder: "Bipolar Disorder with mood incongruent delusions" or "Schizoaffective Disorder".
authors.affiliation: Università di Firenze, I.
authors.forename: Pier Luigi
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Cabras
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lippi
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007558:Italy; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D011037:Poetry as Topic / Q000266:history*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000266:history*