Suicide upon recovery from depression. A clinical note.
We present two cases of suicide upon recovery from severe depression. In both cases a hypomanic phase followed by a switch down into depression appeared to be the clinical context of the impulsive suicidal act. We offer a critique of the hypothesis that accounts for suicidality during early remission from depression in terms of "mobilization of energy."
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Dever
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Clary
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