Chronic mania: an underrecognized clinical entity.
Chronic mania (defined as the presence of manic symptoms for more than 2 years without remission) poses significant problems in diagnosis and management. Generally it denotes poor outcome, though contrary reports are available. We present a case of chronic mania and discuss the clinical features of chronic mania reported in the literature, which are useful in distinguishing chronic mania from acute mania.
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab, India.
Sandeep
S
Grover
Naresh
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Nebhinani
Rajarshi
R
Neogi
K R
KR
Soumya