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A Stepped Forty-Eight Hour Manic-Depressive Cycle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. Paschalis ,
A. Pavlou  and
A. Papadimitriou
C. Paschalis*
Affiliation:
Red Cross Hospital, Department of Neurology, Athens 607, Greece
A. Pavlou
Affiliation:
Red Cross Hospital, Department of Neurology, Athens 607, Greece
A. Papadimitriou
Affiliation:
Red Cross Hospital, Department of Neurology, Athens 607, Greece
*
∗ Address for correspondence.
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Summary

This paper describes a patient with an almost 48-hour manic-depressive cycle but with a daily shift of the switching time, the latter having itself a cycle of five days. The mood change always occurred gradually and during the day, never at night. Between manic and depressive phases there was a difference in the frequency of the EEG alpha rhythm. The patient showed a good response to lithium treatment.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 137 , Issue 4 , October 1980 , pp. 332 - 336
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1980 

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