Psychiatry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...disorders, including major depression , schizophrenia , and anxiety . Although the Greeks recognized...significance of emotions in mental disorders, medieval thought...attempt to study or treat mental abnormalities or to provide...the organization of the mental hygiene movement, dedicated...causes of mental and nervous disorders. The German psychiatrist...psychosis (see bipolar disorder ) and schizophrenia . Gradually...