The Rehabilitation of an Old Emotion

A Swiss physician named Johannes Hofer coined the term nostalgia in the late 17th century to describe what he considered to be a cerebral disease unique to Swiss mercenaries fighting wars far from home. Fast forward over three hundred years to the present day and nostalgia is everywhere.read more

Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - July 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Clay Routledge, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Cognition Happiness Social Life 17th century civic organizations facelift health and wellbeing high definition hundred years laboratory experiments last decade longing love affair marketing mental health mental heal Source Type: news