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3 unusual facts about Henry Maudsley


Henry Maudsley

At the age of 23, Maudsley was appointed medical superintendent at the Manchester Royal Lunatic Asylum in Cheadle Royal.

Mood disorder

English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder.

Moral insanity

Later, Maudsley discussed moral insanity as a sign of poor moral willpower or moral sense.



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