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Life Events and the Onset of Mania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Paul Sclare  and
Francis Creed
Paul Sclare*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Oldham and District General Hospital
Francis Creed
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Manchester Royal Infirmary
*
∗Mental Health Services Unit, Elmhill House, Cornhill Rd, Aberdeen AB9 2ZY
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Abstract

Thirty manic in-patients were interviewed in hospital using the LEDS, and 24 were re-interviewed 6–12 months after discharge. Data for life events were analysed by: comparing events before onset of mania and before re-interview; and comparing these manic patients with patients in other studies which examined life events and the onset of schizophrenia and depression. No relationship was found between life events and the onset of mania in this preliminary study. Previous studies reporting a link between events and the onset of mania have serious methodological flaws, and definitive data have yet to be produced.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 4 , April 1990 , pp. 508 - 514
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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