Mania errabunda

Mania errabunda or Restless madness is a name for the tendency of senile people (usually elderly) to wander aimlessly away from home. The name is not much used now.[1][2] The term is also used in conjunction with drug abuse and alcoholism.[3]

## In fiction

* Sir Walter Scott's The Fair Maid of Perth. Browne says that the flight of Conacher is similar.[4]

## See also

* Wanderlust
* Melancholia errabunda
* Alcoholic dual consciousness
* Wandering (dementia)
* Dromomania

## References

1. ↑ Browne, LLD, W. A. F. (1881). Forbes Winslow. ed. The Journal of psychological medicine and mental pathology, Volume 5. pp. 216-221. https://books.google.ca/books?id=mvkEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=Mania+errabunda.
2. ↑ Campbell, Robert Jean (2004). Campbell's psychiatric dictionary (8th, rev. ed.). Oxford University Press US. p. 387. ISBN 0195152212. https://books.google.ca/books?id=Vrlsos_O13UC&pg=PA387&lpg=PA387&dq=Mania+errabunda.
3. ↑ Berkley, Henry J. (April 1897). "MANIA ERRABUNDA (ALCOHOLIC DUAL CONSCIOUSNESS)". American Journal of Insanity (53): 489-509. doi:10.1176/ajp.53.4.489. https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.53.4.489.
4. ↑ Browne p. 218

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