Patients diagnosed manic depressive psychosis--manic state

On the basis of a factor analysis of symptoms of 20 patients diagnosed as manic depressive psychosis--manic state, the authors conclude that: (1) these patients tend to differ from each other in "specifiable symptomatic respects"; (2) sex differences are associated with differences in symp...

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Published in:Journal of Consulting Psychology 1952-06, Vol.16 (3), p.193-198
Main Authors: Wittenborn, J. R, Weiss, Walter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bipolar Disorder
Female
Human
Human Sex Differences
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders
Old Medline
Psychiatric Symptoms
Psychodiagnosis
Psychotic Disorders
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Summary:On the basis of a factor analysis of symptoms of 20 patients diagnosed as manic depressive psychosis--manic state, the authors conclude that: (1) these patients tend to differ from each other in "specifiable symptomatic respects"; (2) sex differences are associated with differences in symptoms; (3) the "quantified multiple psychiatric diagnosis", an approach developed by the author, reveals important differences and similarities in patients which are obscured by the psychiatrist's conventional diagnosis.
ISSN:0095-8891
0022-006X
1946-1887
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/h0059432