Psychoses in composers

In this article, the researchers have described the pathographies of fifty composers who were suffering from psychotic disorders. A few of them committed suicide in younger age because of schizophrenia. Others suffered from paranoid personality disorder, or were likely to have a bipolar affective di...

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Published inAlcoholism (Zagreb) Vol. 49; no. 2; p. 123
Main Authors Breitenfeld, Tomislav, Vodanovic, Marijo, Ilic, Boris, Breitenfeld, Darko, Buljan, Danijel, Vuksanovic, Marina, Oreskovic, Anto, Glavina, Trpimir
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Zagreb Centre for Study and Control of Alcoholism and Addictions, Zagreb 01.05.2013
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Composers
Mental disorders
Musical recordings
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Summary:In this article, the researchers have described the pathographies of fifty composers who were suffering from psychotic disorders. A few of them committed suicide in younger age because of schizophrenia. Others suffered from paranoid personality disorder, or were likely to have a bipolar affective disorder. The vast majority of composers who attempted to commit suicide suffered from severe depressive episodes. Progressive paralysis-neurosyphilis, as well as alcoholic psychosis were previously mentioned and published in this journal.
ISSN:2671-1079
2671-2008