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Insanity — • The dividing line between sanity and insanity, like the line that distinguishes a man of average height from a tall man, can be described only in terms of a moral estimate Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Insanity Insanity … Catholic encyclopedia
insanity — insanity, lunacy, psychosis, mania, dementia are the leading general terms denoting serious mental disorder. Insanity as a technical term belongs to law rather than to medicine. It is used to cover a wide variety of mental disorders, all of which … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Insanity — For other uses, see Insanity (disambiguation). Insane redirects here. For other uses, see Insane (disambiguation). Engraving of the eighth p … Wikipedia
Moral insanity — (Latin mania sine delirio; French folie raisonnante or folie lucide raisonnante, monomanie affective; German Moralisches Irresein[1]) is a medical diagnosis first described by the French humanitarian and psychiatrist Philippe Pinel in 1806.[2]… … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Paranoia — (See also Erotomania; Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States; Psychosis: Emergence.) Paranoia means a fixed false belief formed via logical reasoning (making it distinct from schizophrenia); aside from his delusional system, the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Psychosis: Emergence of Concepts — (See also Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States [from 1909]; Paranoia; Paraphrenia; Positive vs. Negative Symptoms; Schizophrenia: Emergence; Unitary Psychosis.) In medicine, psychosis can mean (1) loss of contact with reality, in… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Schizophrenia: Emergence — (See also Psychosis: Emergence; Schizophrenia: Recent Concepts; Unitary Psychosis; Wernicke–Kleist–Leonhard Pathway.) Schizophrenia remains among the most puzzling of all diseases in psychiatry because there is no single symptom… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Schizophrenia/Dementia Praecox: Emergence of the Concept — (See also Psychosis: Emergence; Schizophrenia: Recent Concepts; Unitary Psychosis; Wernicke–Kleist–Leonhard Pathway.) Schizophrenia remains among the most puzzling of all diseases in psychiatry because there is no single symptom… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
