Bipolar Disorder

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"A rather fat, flabby woman who weeps and rubs her hands together, she is very restless and agitated, talks in an incoherent manner. Impossible to elicit content of thought. Constantly tries to get out of bed. She is so noisy is to have Cerletti straight away."

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 23. Indexed.

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Scope and Contents "Diagnosis: Melancholia. Patient was admitted, dull and depressed. Resistive at times, also impulsive and refused food. Sensitive, good housewife, worrying type. She seemed quite well until the second day of puerperium. Then she seemed depressed and worried. This was followed by a kind of stupor during which she became impulsive, getting out of bed etc. She has always been a worrier and has taken life very seriously. The death of one of her children depressed her for quite a little and the...

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"Diagnosis: Depresion (neurasthenia?) following early menopause of unknown origin. Suffered from insomnia and anxiety. Family disturbances. Husband's brother wants her out of the house. She takes bouts of depression lasting for a week or two, when she wants to sit and cry, and feels tired. Has had no periods for seven years. She has had flushings since then. Patient is now being given intensive hormone treatment (stilboestrol) in addition to mild sedative."

Scope and Contents "Diagnosis: Depressive state. "This patient shows symptoms of depression of moderate severity. It is difficult to say whether his physical illness and the resulting idleness is entirely responsible for his depression or whether the latter is endogenous in origin. His father was treated for melancholia. The patient is loathe to consider admission and I do not think it would be wise to press him at present. I suggest that he should take a sedative regularly (Luminal 1/2 gr to 1 gr., t.i.d) and...

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Scope and Contents "Diagnosis: Melancholia. "I found no psychiatric abnormality after my interview with your patient and in my opinion he is fit to resume his employment. He tells me that he was treated for pneumonia. He states that the ward sister warned him he had enlarged root glands and that he might take tuberculosis of the lungs. Not unnaturally worried over this he went off his sleep and became depressed. It seems to me that this depressive state was a not unreasonable reaction to his worry. He states...

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Questionnaires for persons in Area 23. Indexed.