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Manic Disorder in Nigerians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Roger O. A. Makanjuola
Roger O. A. Makanjuola*
Affiliation:
Ife University Teaching Hospitals' Complex; Department of Medicine and Mental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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Summary

A prospective study of 45 cases, 25 of whom had had previous episodes of affective disorder, predominantly manic, showed further episodes in 14 cases. A positive history of psychotic disorder in 1st-degree relatives, not always affective, was obtained in only eight cases. There was a history of drug abuse in seven patients. The clinical presentation in the Nigerian patients was similar to that described in the classical literature, but, flight of ideas was uncommon.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 5 , November 1982 , pp. 459 - 463
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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