Admission Details for Patient: Mary Evans (6485)
Gender: Female Age: 42
Marital Status: Single Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
Occupation: Domestic servant
Address: Colwyn Bay, Carnarvonshire
Date of Admission: January 12, 1905
Date of Discharge: March 21, 1905
Discharge Category: Recovered
Disease: Acute Mania
Supposed Cause: Religious excitement/previous attack
Medical Certificate:
She is exceedingly excitable, very incoherent in her speech, sleepless and requires to be restrained, and constantly looked after. She is evidently much concerned about religious matters and has been attending revival meetings.
Her sister Catherine Evans, Brompton House, Rhiw Road, Colwyn Bay, states this attack came on last Sunday after attending a revival meeting at Menai Bridge. They found it impossible to look after her here, she is so excitable about religious and spiritualistic matters, she has been in a lunatic asylum four years ago after spiritualistic experience.
Dr. Price Morris. Old Colwyn.
Approximate duration of present attack: 5 days
Number of Previous Attacks: 1
Number of Previous Admissions: 0
Number of Subsequent Admissions: 0
Total Number of Admissions: 1
Relatives affected:
Number of Previous Attacks: 1
Epileptic: No
Suicidal: No
Dangerous: Yes
Clean Habit: No
Food Refusal: Yes
Sleep Habit: Bad
Destructive Habit: -
Disposition: Well behaved
Education: -
Physical/Mental State at Examination: Health good. Patient has been a servant in Menai Bridge and has become affected by the revival meetings held there. Came for a change to a relation at Colwyn Bay and became worse, the duration of disorder is about a week. She has been in Shrewsbury Asylum four years ago for a few weeks.
Current Diagnosis: Acute transient psychosis (F23.0)
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