Depressive illness delayed Hamlet's revenge

Depressive illness delayed Hamlet's revenge.

If Hamlet had not delayed his revenge there would have been no play. Many explanations of the delay have been offered in the last four centuries. None is convincing. The interpretation which best fits the evidence best is that Hamlet was suffering from an acute depressive illness, with some obsessional features. He could not make a firm resolve to act. In Shakespeare's time there was no concept...

Electrolytes and depressive illness.

Depressive Illness in India1

"Melancholia is one of the great words of Psychiatry. Suffering many mutations, at one time the guardian of outworn schemes of errant theories, presently misused, cavilled at, dispossessed, it has endured into our own times, as part of medical terminology no less than of common sense" (Lewis,, 1931). A disease of antiquity, depression is £.n illness with a long ancestry. As in other instances, ...

Suicide and depressive illness.

In this paper 7 cases of patients suffering from depressive illness who finally committed suicide were illustrated. It is hoped that by reading the cases illustrated in depth a better understanding of the thinking, suffering and psychodynamics of depression and suicidal behaviour can be obtained.

Cytokines, stress, and depressive illness.

It has been suggested that immune activation, and particularly increased activity of several cytokines, notably interleukin-1, interleukin-2, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha as well as their soluble receptors is characteristic of depression. Normalization of cytokine activity does not necessarily occur following successful antidepressant, suggesting that cytokines may be trait marker...