Németh Attila
Nyiro Gyula Orszagos Pszichiatriai es Addiktologiai Intezet, Budapest, Hungary, E-mail:
Psychiatr Hung. 2019;34(2):185-198.
Sylvia Plath was one of the most famous American poets in the twentieth century. Plath was diagnosed with depression after her first suicide attempt when she was 20 years old. Her major depression (without psychotic symptoms) recurred several times. Plath never had a manic episode, but there were probable hypomanic periods in her life. She died by violent suicide when she was 30. Sylvia Plath took a bottle of sleeping pills and stuck her head in a gas oven. Several factors may have contributed to Plath's psychiatric disorder and suicide. The author reviews the etiological factors and course of psychiatric disorder based on the Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath and the literature. Her family history was positive and her premorbid personality was vulnerable to depression. There were histrionic, narcissistic and borderline features in her personality. The probable diagnoses of Plath were bipolar II. affective disorder and mixed personality disorder.
西尔维娅·普拉斯是20世纪最著名的美国诗人之一。普拉斯在20岁首次自杀未遂后被诊断出患有抑郁症。她的重度抑郁症（无精神病症状）多次复发。普拉斯从未有过躁狂发作，但她的生活中可能有轻躁狂期。她30岁时死于暴力自杀。西尔维娅·普拉斯服用了一瓶安眠药，然后把头伸进煤气烤箱。几个因素可能导致了普拉斯的精神障碍和自杀。作者根据《西尔维娅·普拉斯未删节日记》及相关文献回顾了精神障碍的病因和病程。她的家族病史呈阳性，病前人格易患抑郁症。她的人格中有表演型、自恋型和边缘型特征。普拉斯可能的诊断是双相II型情感障碍和混合人格障碍。
