Open AccessStendhal syndrome: a case of cultural overload
Author(s) -
Timothy R. Nicholson,
Carmine M. Pariante,
Declan M. McLoughlin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0317
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , pediatrics
An elderly artist developed a transient paranoid psychosis when on a cultural tour of Florence, a city of particular emotional significance to him. He has since had several milder relapses that quickly settle.
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