Bipolar Duygulanım Bozukluklarında Hızlı Döngülü Kavramı
Aytül Gürsu Hariri, Gülcan Uzuner Özer
Article No:
3
Article Type :
Research
Even though bipolar affective disorders are properly treated, the rapid cycle of these disorders become the prodominent problem for the psychiatrists. The psychiatrists and the medical team must on one hand evaluate the prognosis because of the disorder showing resistance to the treatment; on the other hand, the disorder causes serious social defects on the patients life-style and an important loss of his mental capacity which in return causes of hopeless feeling for the family and treatment team.
Also we reviewed the concepts of the theory of rapid cycle, and in our literature we attempted to up grade the last findings for this disorder.
Keywords :
Bipolarity, rapid cycle, kronicity of the mania, treatment of the affective disorders, Lithium, mood stabilisation
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
2001;14:17-23
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