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ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Sompop Ruangtrakool

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Mania : A study of 12 cases

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 19, No. 3, July 1974, Page 169-188.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Twelve manic patients among 150 manic-depressive patients treated and followed up during the year 1967-1974 are reported and studied. The study reveals the following findings; 1. Nine were male and three female with the ages between 17-52 years old and the average age 33, 2. Ten were educated 3. The average duration of symptoms prior to treatments was 1 month 4. Precipitating causes were present in 7 cases 5. Ten patients' family lives were happy or uneventful 6. Almost of them were stable or sociable 7. The presence of depressive illness in 8 close relatives 3 of which committed suicide, was note in 4 cases 8. Most common presenting symptoms were talkativeness, overactivity and insomnia, 9. The first attack in 12 cases were mania in 8, and depression in 4, 10. The total attacks in 12 cases were 19-twelve manias, six depressions and one circular, 11. Major tranquilizers were given in all cases and electric shich treatments were done in 4 cases, 12 the average duration of hospitalization was 3 months and of treatment 6.3 months, 13. The average duration of the illness was 7.4 months, and 14. Eleven patients were either recovered completely or much improved and one on treatments for the second episonde. The symptoms characteristic of the illness are euphoria, irritability, insomnia, hyperactivity, flight of ideas, grandeur ideas, push of speech and distractibility. The history of a previous episode or the presence of the same illness in the family will confirm the diagnosis.

Keywords: mania, manic-depressive illness, depression, mood disorder

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 1974

Address: Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University

Code: 0000606

ISSN/ISBN: -

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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