The hypomanic personality of Wilkins Micawber: a Dickensian case study.
The concept of hypomanic personality has historically been viewed with ambivalence. However, by replacing cyclothymic personality with cyclothymic disorder, DSM III doomed this entity into oblivion. The author examines the Dickensian portrayal of Mr. Micawber in light of existing descriptions of hypomanic personality in order to justify its inclusion in future psychiatric classifications.
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Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
D000328:Adult; D003527:Cyclothymic Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008091:Literature; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D009626:Terminology as Topic