[Pathobiographyand Torquato Tasso's case]

(La patobiografia e il caso Torquato Tasso.)

Full Abstract

The Authors report the hypotheses about Torquato Tasso psychiatric illness, formulated along two centuries. Correspondence, more than his poetic works, and his good interpersonal relations also with people who shut him in Sant'Anna, suggest the diagnosis of an Affective Disorder: "Bipolar Disorder with mood incongruent delusions" or "Schizoaffective Disorder".

Author information

Author/s: Cabras, Pier Luigi (PL); Lippi, Donatella (D);

Affiliation: Università di Firenze, I.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Biography; English Abstract; Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: Medicina nei secoli (Med Secoli), published in Italy. (Language: ita)

Reference: 2007-; vol 19 (issue 2) : pp 475-80

Dates: Created 2008/05/02; Completed 2008/07/09; Revised 2008/11/21;

PMID: 18450028, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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