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Is Mania Incompatible with Down's Syndrome?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Robert Sovner ,
Anne Desnoyers Hurley  and
Richard Labrie
Robert Sovner*
Affiliation:
Drug Intake Management and Evaluation System, Inc., 71 Elton Avenue, Watertown, Massachusetts 02172, U.S.A.
Anne Desnoyers Hurley
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Massachusetts Hospital School, Canton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Richard Labrie
Affiliation:
Drug Intake Management and Evaluation System, Inc.
*
∗Correspondence
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In reviewing the medical literature on the association between affective illness and mental retardation (Sovner & Hurley, 1983), we were intrigued to find that, although there were many cases of major depression and depressive neurosis among people with Down's syndrome, there were no reports of mania in such individuals. This finding provoked us to pursue the hypothesis that Down's syndrome may preclude the development of mania.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 3 , March 1985 , pp. 319 - 320
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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