Manic-depressive psychosis in a mentally handicapped person. Seasonality: a clue to a diagnostic problem.
Diagnosis of mental illness in mentally-handicapped people is often difficult and complex, because of atypical presentation and lack of clear diagnostic criteria. A patient in whom seasonal variation in behaviour and mood gave a clue to the diagnosis of manic-depressive psychosis is reported.
Coldeast Hospital, Sarisbury Green, Southampton.
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Arumainayagam
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Kumar
D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D012621:Seasons