- Title
- Ernest Hemingway: A Psychological Autopsy of a Suicide
- Author/Creator
- Christopher D. Martin
- Publication Details
- Psychiatry: Interpersonal & Biological Processes, Vol.69(4), pp.351-361
- Annotation
- Biopsychosocial approach to Hemingway s life and suicide, drawing on biographies, letters, writing fragments, and medical records. Theorizes that Hemingway suffered from a variety of psychiatric disorders, including psychosis, bipolar mood disorder, alcoholism, and traumatic brain injury. Martin views Hemingway s writing as a defense mechanism for dealing with his painful mood states.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Record Identifier
- 991015131944303691
Journal article
Ernest Hemingway: A Psychological Autopsy of a Suicide
Psychiatry: Interpersonal & Biological Processes, Vol.69(4), pp.351-361
2006
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
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