Cyclothymia, a Circular Mood Disorder
@article{Hecker2003CyclothymiaAC,
title={Cyclothymia, a Circular Mood Disorder},
author={Ewald Hecker},
journal={History of Psychiatry},
year={2003},
volume={14},
pages={391 - 399},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:145076032}
}Ewald Hecker (1843-1909) was a collaborator of Karl Ludwig Kahlbaum (1828-1899). Both worked outside the university and public mental institutions of Germany. By meticulously observing clinical sig...
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