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Resistant Bipolar Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

I. G. Thomas ,
A. G. Oswald  and
J. M. Eagles
I. G. Thomas*
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB9 2ZH
A. G. Oswald
Affiliation:
Kingseat Hospital, New Machar, Aberdeenshire
J. M. Eagles
Affiliation:
Ross Clinic, Royal Cornhill Hospital
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A 66-year-old farmer's wife had been admitted 31 times over eight years, suffering from manic depression. A variety of treatments for depressive episodes led to hypomania, and a case conference was held to discuss treatment.

Type
Case Conference
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 4 , April 1990 , pp. 560 - 564
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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