Citation

Shukla S, Cook BL, Mukherjee S, Godwin C, Miller MG. Am. J. Psychiatry 1987; 144(1): 93-96.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3799847

Abstract

The authors present psychiatric and neurologic data on 20 patients who developed mania after closed head trauma. An association was seen between severity of head trauma (based on length of posttraumatic amnesia), posttraumatic seizure disorder, and type of bipolar disorder. The manic episodes were characterized by irritable mood rather than euphoria and by assaultiveness. Psychosis occurred in only 15% of the sample, and 70% had no depressive episodes. Bipolar disorders were absent among 85 first-degree relatives. The authors suggest that posttraumatic seizures may be a predisposing factor in posttraumatic mania.

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