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HETEROGENEITY AND BIOCHEMICAL FINDINGS IN MANIC‐MELANCHOLIC DISORDERS
Author(s) -
Mellerup E. T.,
Rafaelsen O. J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1974.tb07662.x
Subject(s) - psychosis , lithium (medication) , psychology , bipolar disorder , psychiatry , neurotransmitter systems , neuroscience , clinical psychology , dopamine
Attempts to find biochemical changes related to mental events are well known from the literature concerning manic‐depressive psychosis. The most studied areas are probably carbohydrate, electrolyte, and neurotransmitter metabolism. Normal physiological connections, which exist between different metabolic reactions belonging to these areas, are reviewed, and it is concluded that many different metabolic disturbances possibly might lead to the same mental disorders. It is also emphasized that lithium influences several of the reactions, which might be involved in these metabolic disturbances.