Mania errabunda
Mania errabunda or restless madness is the tendency of senile people (usually elderly) to wander aimlessly away from home.[1] The name is not much used in the 21st century.[2] The term is also used in conjunction with drug abuse and alcoholism.[3]
In fiction
[edit]- Sir Walter Scott's The Fair Maid of Perth. Browne says that the flight of Conacher is similar.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Browne, LLD, W. A. F. (1881). Forbes Winslow (ed.). The Journal of psychological medicine and mental pathology, Volume 5. pp. 216–221.
- ^ Campbell, Robert Jean (2004). Campbell's psychiatric dictionary (8th, rev. ed.). Oxford University Press US. p. 387. ISBN 0195152212.
- ^ Berkley, Henry J. (April 1897). "Mania Errabunda (Alcoholic Dual Consciousness)". American Journal of Insanity. 53 (4): 489–509. doi:10.1176/ajp.53.4.489.
- ^ Browne p. 218
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