Can J Psychiatry. 1993 Sep;38(7):480-4.
The wing of madness: the illness of Vincent van Gogh.
Abstract
This
paper briefly describes some aspects of Vincent van Gogh's life and
attitudes. It discusses absinthe and several psychodynamic factors that
may have contributed to his psychotic episodes at Arles, when he cut off
his ear. It discusses Vincent's descriptions of his illness, especially
at Saint Rémy de Provence and concludes that he probably suffered from
partial complex seizures (temporal lobe epilepsy) with manic depressive
mood swings aggravated by absinthe, brandy, nicotine and turpentine.
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8242520
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8242520
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