title: Role of stressful life events in mania.
abstract: The study investigated the role of stressful life events and family pathology in manic illness-selecting 30 cases of mania from Psychiatric Centre Jaipur and 30 normal controls from paramedical staff of psychiatric hospital. Both manics and normals were matched in terms of age, sex, education, marital status etc. All the subjects were subjected to Paykel's life events questionnaire, and an intensive psychiatric interview. Results revealed the significance of life stresses and family pathology in the genesis of mania. Death of close relative, financial difficulties, death of spouse, disappointment due to defeat in election, turned out to be major life events in contribution of manic pathology.
authors.affiliation: C.A.S., Psychiatric Centre, Jaipur.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Nathawat