HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS
- A German psychiatrist named Dr. Alois Alzheimer first discovered it in 1901 in Germany.
- Also named the disease after Alois Alzheimer
- First case of Alzheimer’s was in a 50 year old woman named/called Auguste D.
- Represented by the color purple.
- Purple typically represents pancreatic cancer. It is also a symbol for Alzheimer’s disease, lupus, animal abuse, Crohn’s disease, cystic fibrosis, fibromyalgia, sarcoidosis awareness, thyroid cancer, ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), and religious tolerance.