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Cycloid psychosis: an investigation of the diagnostic concept

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

J. C. Cutting ,
A. W. Clare  and
A. H. Mann
J. C. Cutting*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
A. W. Clare
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
A. H. Mann
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr J. C. Cutting, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

Seventy-three patients with the features of ‘cycloid psychosis’, adopted from Perris and Leonhard, were identified from case records. Information concerning background, presenting illness and follow-up was compared with that from the case-records of patients with schizophrenic, affective and schizoaffective psychoses. The characteristic features of ‘cycloid psychosis’ were a female predominance and a remittent course. The ‘cycloid’ group resembled the conventional groups in some respects, but differences from schizophrenic, affective and, to a lesser extent, schizoaffective groups were also striking. The factors which might account for the apparent independence of the ‘cycloid’ group from other diagnostic categories are discussed.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , November 1978 , pp. 637 - 648
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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