Toward Early Detection of Manic-Depressive Illness in Psychoanalytic Patients
Abstract
Patients who eventually display clear signs of bipolar manic-depressive illness may initially be relatively asymptomatic and indistinguishable from classically analyzable cases. Several patients are presented whose subsequent manic decompensation was preceded by a combination of characterological traits (intensity, punning, insensitivity, etc.) whose presence should signal heightened vulnerability to bipolar illness. The family history was often positive for similar disorders.
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