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==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1: a [[persistent]] disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable [[idea]] or [[feeling]]; broadly : compelling [[motivation]] <an obsession with profits>
*1: a [[persistent]] disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable [[idea]] or [[feeling]]; broadly : compelling [[motivation]] <an obsession with profits>
*2: something that [[causes]] an obsession
*2: something that [[causes]] an obsession
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''[[Obsession]]''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Obsession '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Description==
==Description==
In 19th century psychiatry, '''monomania''' (from Greek monos, one, and mania, mania) is a single pathological preoccupation in an otherwise sound [[mind]]. [[Emotional]] monomania is that in which the patient is obsessed with only one [[emotion]] or several related to it; [[intellectual]] monomania is that which is related to only one kind of delirious [[idea]] or ideas. In 1880, monomania was one of the seven recognized categories of mental illness. After the 1950's monomania was no longer used as a technical term in [[psychology]], and does not appear in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]. However, a number of disorders once [[classified]] under monomania [[survive]] as [[impulse]] control disorders or conduct disorders or delusional disorders.
In 19th century psychiatry, '''monomania''' (from Greek monos, one, and mania, mania) is a single pathological preoccupation in an otherwise sound [[mind]]. [[Emotional]] monomania is that in which the patient is obsessed with only one [[emotion]] or several related to it; [[intellectual]] monomania is that which is related to only one kind of delirious [[idea]] or ideas. In 1880, monomania was one of the seven recognized categories of mental illness. After the 1950's monomania was no longer used as a technical term in [[psychology]], and does not appear in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]. However, a number of disorders once [[classified]] under monomania [[survive]] as [[impulse]] control disorders or conduct disorders or delusional disorders.