@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal depression in ancient Egypt",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2021",
author="Ali, Ziad and El-Mallakh, Rif S.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the oldest record of a depressed individual contemplating suicide. <br><br>METHOD: A directed review of ancient Egyptology literature of translations and discussion regarding a papyrus that is approximately 4,000 years old. <br><br>RESULTS: The content of the document is consistent with a man going through a severe depression and is contemplating suicide. However, this does not appear to be a suicide note, but more of an ancient example of 'journaling' or working through the thoughts of suicide and its possible consequences to the man's eternal life in the afterworld. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Presentation of depression, the reasons for considering suicide, and the process by which an individual works through those thoughts have not varied significantly over the past 4,000 years.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811118.2021.1878079",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2021.1878079"
}