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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 136, No. 8

REGULAR ARTICLES | August 01, 1979

Three cases of manic-depressive illness in mentally retarded adults

Am J Psychiatry 1979;136:1069-1071.

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The authors point out that manic-depressive illness is often not diagnosed in mentally retarded patients because they are already regarded as "different." They discuss the use of lithium carbonate as a prophylactic agent in the treatment of manic-depressive illness in mentally retarded patients and present three case histories illustrating some of the difficulties encountered in diagnosing mania or hypomania in such patients. They provide a number of suggestions to help physicians recognize and treat these disorders.

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