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[Psychological factors and life change events in bipolar patients]
1Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Richaud, Versailles.
L'Encephale
|January 1, 1997
Abstract:
This article purpose is to discuss the major hypotheses concerning the relationship of personality to bipolar disorders. The data are reported and commented. Life events are introduced to confirm the influence of psychological factors in the course of these disorders, supposed to be endogenous. The status of bipolar disorder is discussed. The unitary model of major affective disorders could allow to answer the questions raised by the data.