Amenomania
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Amenomania is a historical psychiatric term describing a specific state of elevated mood in patients suffering from mania. It is characterized by a joyful, blissful attitude toward one's surroundings.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
AMENOMANIA (from Latin amoenus—pleasant and Greek mania—madness), "pleasant mania," a state of elevated well-being in mentally ill patients who are in a manic, excited state, characterized by a joyful, blissful attitude toward everything surrounding them.
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“Amenomania.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/amenomania/