{"id":19687,"date":"2012-02-15T02:03:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T07:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=19687"},"modified":"2012-02-15T02:12:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T07:12:03","slug":"an-ode-to-melancholia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/15\/an-ode-to-melancholia\/","title":{"rendered":"an ode to melancholia…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in December, I had a shot at responding to a question about Melancholia. I had recently seen a case and it was fresh on my mind [melancholia…<\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/u>, as precisely as possible…<\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/u>]. Although it’s a term from antiquity, the disease is still with us just like it has always been. It’s not all that common. It got removed from the DSM-III for reasons that still make little sense to me, reasons discussed in those earlier posts. It makes little sense because the condition hasn’t gone away. Of all the failings of the DSM-III, DSM-IV, and the coming DSM-5, none seem so absurd as removing this unique clinical syndrome. It is as distinctive as an Acute Schizophrenic Decompensation – once seen, it’s never forgotten.<\/p>\n

When I posted about my case [as precisely as possible…<\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/u>], Dr. Bernard Carroll, former Duke Chairman and noted Biological Psychiatrist commented<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a>, confirming the diagnosis. He’s the expert on Melancholia, not me. Today, I got two notes. The first was a thank you note from the afflicted person I mentioned. We found him a psychiatrist near where he now lives and he responded to appropriate treatment. The second was a heads up that Dr. Carroll has an editorial that just came out in Bipolar Disorders<\/font><\/strong> this week entitled, Bringing Back Melancholia<\/font><\/strong>. It’s not available  full text online, but the first page is posted here<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a>. He’s included a poem that describes the syndrome. The poem shows on the sample page and has annotations pointing to the corresponding clinical symptoms and signs.<\/p>\n

The poem is worth reading over [and would, itself, be a welcome addition to the DSM-5]…<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in December, I had a shot at responding to a question about Melancholia. I had recently seen a case and it was fresh on my mind [melancholia…, as precisely as possible…]. Although it’s a term from antiquity, the disease is still with us just like it has always been. It’s not all that common. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19687"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19698,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19687\/revisions\/19698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}