[Triangular reflections on manic-depressive disorder. Apropos of 72 cases]

In 72 cases of unipolarity or bipolarity depression followed at least three years the subsequent elements are questioned. What is the proportion of the different diagnostic types and what have been the most frequent life events of the first access, deaths, occupational and emotional failures, pregnancy, births, etc? In this population of patients between 23 and 80 years old reluctance or ignorance of the life events are important. We also investigated the level of our patients socio-professional insertion. As for the hetero ou auto aggressive acting out we tried to quantify them according to the chosen classification and the therapy followed by the patients of this group. In the hypothesis of a possible link with the hospital management evaluation and computer program we have briefly analyzed the incidence of lithium therapy on the number of hospitalisation days, without being able to draw a final conclusion as to the interest of this therapy in this very specific issue.