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Short-Cycle Manic-Depressive Psychosis in a Mentally Handicapped Child without Family History

A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. M. Linter
C. M. Linter*
Affiliation:
Tatchbury Mount Hospital, Calmore, Southampton, Hants S04 2RZ
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Diagnosis of classic psychiatric illness in mentally handicapped individuals remains difficult. Manic-depressive illness has previously been reported in both pre-pubertal and pubertal children with a mental handicap and with a family history. This paper reports a case of manic-depressive psychosis in childhood, with no family history, short-cycle mood swings and good response to lithium therapy.

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Brief Report
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 554 - 555
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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