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| Portrait of a woman titled Monomania of Envy by Théodore Géricault[1] | |
| Specialty | Psychiatry |
In 19th-century psychiatry, monomania (from Greek monos, "one", and mania, meaning "madness" or "frenzy") was a form of partial insanity conceived as single psychological obsession in an otherwise sound mind.[2]: 155 [3]: 26
- ^ "Monomania of Envy".
- ^ Jan E. Goldstein (2002). Console and Classify: The French Psychiatric Profession in the Nineteenth Century. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-30161-3.
- ^ Eigen, Joel Peter (January 1991). "Delusion in the Courtroom: The Role of Partial Insanity in Early Forensic Testimony". Medical History. 35 (1): 25–49. doi:10.1017/s0025727300053114. ISSN 0025-7273. PMC 1036268. PMID 2008121.