title: Toward early detection of manic-depressive illness in psychoanalytic patients. I:Patients who later develop a manic illness.
abstract: Patients who eventually display clear signs of bipolar manic-depressive illness may initially be relatively asymptomatic and indistinguishable from classically analyzable cases. Several patients are presented whose subsequent manic decompensation was preceded by a combination of characterological traits (intensity, punning, insensitivity, etc.) whose presence should signal heightened vulnerability to bipolar illness. The family history was often positive for similar disorders.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000175:diagnosis; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium