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Mania Following Sleep Deprivation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. B. D. Wright
J. B. D. Wright*
Affiliation:
St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF
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Abstract

A first episode of mania is described in a previously healthy man who was partially sleep deprived for four nights. The sleep deprivation preceded the psychosis. During the psychotic episode he believed that he was the Messiah. This case is discussed in the light of reports exploring the relationship between psychosis and sleep deprivation.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 5 , November 1993 , pp. 679 - 680
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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