MONOMANIA

GPTKB entity

Statements (13)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf mental disorder
gptkbp:category obsolete psychiatric diagnosis
gptkbp:defines a type of partial insanity characterized by preoccupation with a single idea or subject
gptkbp:etymology from Greek 'monos' (single) and 'mania' (madness)
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Jean-Étienne_Dominique_Esquirol
early 19th century
gptkbp:historicalName used in 19th-century psychiatry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label MONOMANIA
gptkbp:replacedBy modern psychiatric diagnoses such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and delusional disorder
gptkbp:symptom obsessive focus on a single idea
partial insanity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dark_Thoughts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8