Funeral mania in recurrent bipolar affective disorders: reports of three cases.
Anniversary reactions as precipitants of manic episodes are reported to be relatively common, while manic onset within a week of bereavement ("funeral mania") has been considered rare. Three cases of funeral mania are described to illustrate that this phenomenon may be more frequent than has been thought.
D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors