Dromomania
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Dromomania is an irresistible urge to travel and change location, which can present as a symptom of acute psychiatric disorders such as manic-depressive psychosis and epilepsy. As a more chronic phenomenon, it often manifests as vagrancy associated with schizophrenia or constitutional psychopathy.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
DROMOMANIA, an irresistible urge to change one's place, may be a symptom of acute attacks of certain mental diseases, for example, phases of manic-depressive psychosis (most often depressions), epileptic equivalents, and so forth. As a more or less chronic phenomenon, dromomania finds expression in vagrancy, the inclination toward which is frequently a companion of both schizophrenia and certain forms of constitutional psychopathies (see also Impulsive insanity).
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“Dromomania.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/dromomania/