Kobayashi proposed the concept of salutography inspired from the theory of salutogenesis by Antonovsky. Although there is no exact definition of "salutography", it might be defined as the psychiatric practices that contributed to the mental wellbeing of historical persons. In this paper, we focus on Goethe's wife Christiane, and investigate how she supported her husband who suffered from manic-depressive disorder (MDD), while avoiding the burnout or depressive state induced by caring for an MDD patient.
 There are several reasons why Christiane was able maintain her health, even though she was able to support Goethe's daily life well. One was that she took care of her own life as much as possible, and carefully avoided having her daily life only involve self-sacrifice to her husband. Other reasons included that she could recognize well the psychological states of her husband, and did not hesitate to demand her friends cooperate help to sustain her livelihood. Furthermore, she enjoyed to be able to take care of people easily rather than her husband, while she tried to maintain adequate psychological distance. These behaviors were in accord with her temperament, and allowed her to spend her life without severe problems in either her outer or inner life. The life of Christiane von Goethe provides insight into how family members caring for family members with mental illnesses might avoid burnout.
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