title: Pseudomanic-depressive illness and cognitive-behavior therapy.
abstract: A history of manic or hypomanic symptoms is not pathognomonic of manic-depressive illness (MDI). The authors present a patient in whom manic symptoms probably did not represent MDI, but were part and parcel of a struggle to adapt to the omnipresent threat of death. During the course of brief cognitive-behavioral treatment, the patient experienced rapid and significant improvements without medication. He has remained symptom free since termination.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003071:Cognition; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male