Sources for Lovesickness Article:

Works Cited:

Bowers, Len. "Chapter 9: Physiology." Social Nature of Mental Illness. 163-184. n.p.: Taylor & Francis Ltd / Books, 2000. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 14 Feb. 2016.

Helen King. " The Secret Wound: Love, Melancholy and Early Modern Romance (review)." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 82.2 (2008): 445-446. Project MUSE. Web. 14 Feb. 2016. <https://muse.jhu.edu/>.

Passages Used for Citation:

"Even when physiological differences exist in the brains of those we call mentally ill, several additional criteria will need to be met before these can be considered malfunctions. It remains a possibility that for many mental illnesses this evidence will never be attainable." - Social Nature of Mental Illness

"love sickness is important because it is a situation in which, contrary to the ideal of classical philosophy and of its Christian adaptation, the mind is not able to control the body. Love threatens the sovereignty of reason" - Review of "The Secret Wound: Love, Melancholy and Early Modern Romance"