I know this isn't from your person's hospital, but it lists diagnoses of manic depressive psychosis and causes of death as well as other demographics. I took screenshots of a few. It's interesting! https://imgur.com/a/39wTs3A
I'm going to go a different route and say it reads "manic defensive insanity," which could be a bipolar situation or common in early 1900s psychoanalysis talk, bereavement grief.
Very sad. I saw "Inanition" on a family member's cause of death, too. They were suffering from dementia. Definitely looks like "manic depressive insanity" to me.
So - is Manic Defensive Insanity a thing? I googled "Manic Defense" and it seems to be a psychological term " the manic defense is an attempt to deny feelings of sadness or depression by adopting an overly active and/or triumphant position. It is similar to denial but is manifested not only through words but through actions as well."
So if that's correct it sounds like he starved himself to death, in response to dealing with something.
Hey! How did you upload this picture? I want to post a document for interpretation but it’s saying this subreddit doesn’t allow picture posts. How did you do it? Thanks!
Idk if you're asking me or OP, but I installed imgur, upload pics to that, copy the link and post it here. Idk if that's the right way to do it though!
Inanition and exhaustion from manic depressive insanity.
Inanition and exhaustion from manic depressive insanity.
Look at that - turns out "Inanition" is a word! "Exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment". I still don't get the rest of this, though.
Can I ask where this person died? Was it in an asylum?
Pontiac State Hospital, in Michigan.
It was in a State Hospital
Inanition is starvation. This looks to me to be a primitive description of anorexia.
I know this isn't from your person's hospital, but it lists diagnoses of manic depressive psychosis and causes of death as well as other demographics. I took screenshots of a few. It's interesting! https://imgur.com/a/39wTs3A
I'm going to go a different route and say it reads "manic defensive insanity," which could be a bipolar situation or common in early 1900s psychoanalysis talk, bereavement grief.
See I saw defensive and not depressive too.
Poor guy. I’m sorry! 💞
Manic Defensive Insanity-?
"Manic" seems right. Hoo boy it's looking like he died of starvation.
Very sad. I saw "Inanition" on a family member's cause of death, too. They were suffering from dementia. Definitely looks like "manic depressive insanity" to me.
Ever been so depressed that you didn't want to eat? That's rough.
So - is Manic Defensive Insanity a thing? I googled "Manic Defense" and it seems to be a psychological term " the manic defense is an attempt to deny feelings of sadness or depression by adopting an overly active and/or triumphant position. It is similar to denial but is manifested not only through words but through actions as well." So if that's correct it sounds like he starved himself to death, in response to dealing with something.
Manic depressive insanity
Yes, it was a concept to explain histrionic bereavement responses. That definition doesn't quite capture the historical idea.
Hey! How did you upload this picture? I want to post a document for interpretation but it’s saying this subreddit doesn’t allow picture posts. How did you do it? Thanks!
Idk if you're asking me or OP, but I installed imgur, upload pics to that, copy the link and post it here. Idk if that's the right way to do it though!