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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 95, No. 1

Article | July 01, 1938

RELATION BETWEEN PRECIPITATING SITUATION AND OUTCOME IN MANIC-DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS

Robert C. Hunt

Am J Psychiatry 1938;95:65-72.

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Rochester, N. Y.

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1. In a series of 105 patients with manic-depressive psychosis, 67 did not have a serious precipitating situation, 15 had a serious situation which was relieved, and 23 had a serious situation which was not relieved.2. In the group without a serious precipitating situation 73 percent recovered, with an average duration of 9.8 months.3. In the group with a serious situation which was relieved all recovered, with an average duration of 9.4 months.4. Recovery did not always take place at the time of the relief of the situation.5.In the group with a serious situation which was not relieved 74 per cent recovered, with an average duration of 18.8 months.

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