Life events and mania: a case-controlled study

Joffe, R.T.; MacDonald, C.; Kutcher, S.P.

Psychiatry Research 30(2): 213-216

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0165-1781
PMID: 2616687
Document Number: 327018
Life events were evaluated in 14 patients with bipolar affective disorder in the year preceding a mania as well as in 14 patients with bipolar affective disorder without a mania matched for age, sex, and time of recall. There were a significantly greater number of uncontrolled and unanticipated life events in the patients with as compared to those without a mania. However, neither the total number of life events nor measures of distress and stress distinguished bipolar patients with as compared to those without mania.

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