Schizophrenia Case Study: Mary Abraham Lincoln

My case study will be on Abraham Lincoln’s wife : Mary Todd Lincoln. Mary was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The source explains that Mary was always ready to handle and be with her husband Abraham Lincoln and help him with his career as the President of the United States, making her the First Lady. They explained that she was always up and ready to go. Mary was a successful American who went to school and was part of a very rich family. Mary lived to see three of her sons pass away as well as being a witness of her husband’s death. Throughout her middle aged life, she had many migraines, and it does state that she also had public outbursts and had a very short temper at things. This also happened throughout Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. She had many mood swings as well as mental illnesses. Researches and psychologists now believe that she may have suffered from bipolar and schizophrenic illnesses

In one my articles that I chose for information it states that her and her husband Abraham both suffered from depression. I feel like it really took a big toll on her when her husband passed away. They also stated that she would receive death threatning letters in regards to her husband. I feel like at times your mind isn’t strong enough to take on certain things which can lead to mental illnesses. In the article it does state that they were treating her with laudanum which could have caused her to have hallucinations. Which then could have led to her mood swings and migraines. In her book the Madness of Mary Lincoln it states that she would walk in her night gown to the hotel corridors and say that someone was trying to poison her and that Indian Spirits were trying to remove wires from her eyes. This behavior could lead to us predicting that she may have the possibility of being