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Bipolar Affective Disorder in Down's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Martin McLaughlin
Martin McLaughlin*
Affiliation:
St Michael's House, Ballymun, Dublin 9, Ireland; Daughters of Charity Services for the Mentally Handicapped, St Vincents Centre, Navan Road, Dublin 7
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Abstract

Recent literature reports suggest that the presence of Down's syndrome precludes the development of mania. A case of bipolar affective illness in a man with Down's syndrome is presented.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 1 , July 1987 , pp. 116 - 117
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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