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Season and manic relapse
Author(s) -
Hunt N.,
Sayer H.,
Silverstone T.
Publication year - 1992
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.1600-0447.1992.tb01455.x
Subject(s) - mania , bipolar disorder , cohort , pediatrics , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , mood
The episodes of mania occurring in a cohort of 86 patients with bipolar affective disorder were recorded over a 6‐year period. Of the 54 patients who had at least 2 episodes, 8 (15%) met our criteria for a seasonal pattern of relapse. There was no particular season in which these relapses clustered. Overall, the time of year of the first recorded episode during the 6‐year period did not predict the timing of subsequent episodes.