Nostalgia: a ‘forgotten’ psychological disorder
- 1 May 1975
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 5 (4) , 340-354
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s003329170005697x
Abstract
Nostalgia, a psychopathological condition affecting individuals who are uprooted, whose social contacts are fragmented, who are isolated and who feel totally frustrated and alienated, was first described in the 17th century and was a problem of considerable interest to physicians in the 18th and 19th centuries. by the 20th century it seemed to have disappeared, but reappeared under other labels.Keywords
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