UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DEPRESSIONS—A REVIEW

The paper discusses the emergence of the concept of polarity out of the rubric of manic depressive illness. The polar types are defined and changes in polarity, frequency and similarities and the differences between them are discussed. The author ventures to suggest that a change in the polarity viz...

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Autor principal: Rao, A. Venkoba
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1984
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21965967
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description The paper discusses the emergence of the concept of polarity out of the rubric of manic depressive illness. The polar types are defined and changes in polarity, frequency and similarities and the differences between them are discussed. The author ventures to suggest that a change in the polarity viz., occurrence of mania in depressive or of depressive episodes in mania to be designated “LAP Phenomenon” after Leonhard, Angst and Perris who have been mainly responsible for the concept.
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spelling pubmed-30122302011-10-02 UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DEPRESSIONS—A REVIEW Rao, A. Venkoba Indian J Psychiatry Review Article The paper discusses the emergence of the concept of polarity out of the rubric of manic depressive illness. The polar types are defined and changes in polarity, frequency and similarities and the differences between them are discussed. The author ventures to suggest that a change in the polarity viz., occurrence of mania in depressive or of depressive episodes in mania to be designated “LAP Phenomenon” after Leonhard, Angst and Perris who have been mainly responsible for the concept. Medknow Publications 1984 /pmc/articles/PMC3012230/ /pubmed/21965967 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DEPRESSIONS—A REVIEW
title UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DEPRESSIONS—A REVIEW
title_full UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DEPRESSIONS—A REVIEW
title_fullStr UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DEPRESSIONS—A REVIEW
title_full_unstemmed UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DEPRESSIONS—A REVIEW
title_short UNIPOLAR AND BIPOLAR DEPRESSIONS—A REVIEW
title_sort unipolar and bipolar depressions—a review
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21965967
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