Psychiatric illness and suicide in the heroic age of Antarctic exploration
During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, a number of the early explorers developed psychiatric illness either in the Antarctic or shortly after leaving it. Most of these were psychotic illnesses and stress reactions. At least six explorers committed suicide either in the Antarctic or after th...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0957154x11399209 2023-05-15T14:07:28+02:00 Psychiatric illness and suicide in the heroic age of Antarctic exploration Guly, HR 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0957154x11399209 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0957154X11399209 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0957154X11399209 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license History of Psychiatry volume 23, issue 2, page 206-215 ISSN 0957-154X 1740-2360 Psychiatry and Mental health journal-article 2012 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154x11399209 2022-08-12T11:32:49Z During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, a number of the early explorers developed psychiatric illness either in the Antarctic or shortly after leaving it. Most of these were psychotic illnesses and stress reactions. At least six explorers committed suicide either in the Antarctic or after their return. These cases are described, and possible reasons for the apparent high incidence of psychiatric disease and suicide are discussed. There are also examples of the possible misuse of psychiatric labels. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Antarctic The Antarctic History of Psychiatry 23 2 206 215 |
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During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, a number of the early explorers developed psychiatric illness either in the Antarctic or shortly after leaving it. Most of these were psychotic illnesses and stress reactions. At least six explorers committed suicide either in the Antarctic or after their return. These cases are described, and possible reasons for the apparent high incidence of psychiatric disease and suicide are discussed. There are also examples of the possible misuse of psychiatric labels. |
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