TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Psychiatric 'diseases' in history
JO  - History of psychiatry
A1  - Healy, David
SP  - 450
EP  - 458
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
N2  - A history of psychiatry cannot step back from the question of psychiatric diseases, but the field has in general viewed psychiatric entities as manifestations of the human state rather than medical diseases. There is little acknowledgement that a true disease is likely to rise and fall in incidence. In outlining the North Wales History of Mental Illness project, this paper seeks to provide some evidence that psychiatric diseases do rise and fall in incidence, along with evidence as to how such ideas are received by other historians of psychiatry and by biological psychiatrists.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0957-154X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957154X14543980
ID  - ref1
ER  -