Back to the to the Archive Page . It is used to describe both a form of musical composition and a psychological disorder.
Musical usage predates the psychiatric by nearly three centuries.
Chronology would suggest that the term was adopted by medical practitioners as a musical metaphor. The term's more familiar musical usage is bound to predispose most who discover it in a psychiatric context to assume a connection. Whether the word's musical overtones exert significant influence on perception and treatment of the condition is a question to consider. Definitions of Fugue In Music . In Psychiatry .