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Mixed Affective States and the Natural History of Manic-Depressive Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. M. H. Nunn
C. M. H. Nunn*
Affiliation:
Professorial Unit, Knowle Hospital, Fareham, Hants, PO17 5NA
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Summary

Since neither the unipolar nor the bipolar theories of manic-depressive psychosis explain all its features, an alternative model was tested. The hypotheses are that mixed affective psychoses represent a superimposition on hypomania of a second type of depression which can sometimes develop from the depressive phase of manic-depressive psychosis, and that schizophrenia occurring in the course of a manic-depressive illness is an alternative to mixed affective psychosis.

From an examination of the clinical histories of a random sample of people with bipolar manic-depressive psychosis, evidence was found to support both ideas.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 134 , Issue 2 , February 1979 , pp. 153 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979 

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