Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
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Acta Psychiatr Scand · May 2003
Review Historical ArticleSearching for schizophrenia in ancient Greek and Roman literature: a systematic review.
The aim of this study was to systematically examine ancient Roman and Greek texts to identify descriptions of schizophrenia and related disorders. ⋯ In contrast to many other psychiatric disorders that are represented in ancient Greek and Roman literature, there were no descriptions of individuals with schizophrenia in the material assessed in this review.