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Interaction between narcolepsy—cataplexy and bipolar mood disorder in an elderly woman
Author(s) -
Meats Philip,
Hellewell Jonathan,
Jolley David
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930070211
Subject(s) - hypomania , cataplexy , narcolepsy , bipolar disorder , psychology , psychosis , psychiatry , mood , depression (economics) , mania , modafinil , economics , macroeconomics
Abstract An elderly woman who presented with a manic depressive psychosis and the narcolepsy‐cataplexy syndrome is described. Cataplexy occurred only during hypomania. Other narcoleptic symptoms were more evident during depression. We are not aware of previous reports of an interaction between these two conditions, which is of considerable interest.