Am J Psychiatry 1986; 143:306-311
Copyright © 1986 by American Psychiatric Association
Features associated with thought disorder in manic patients at 2-4-year follow-up
LS Grossman, M Harrow and JR Sands
The authors assessed 47 formerly hospitalized manic patients for thought
disorder 2-4 years after discharge and studied the relationship between
thought disorder and other major clinical variables. Fourteen (30%) of the
manic patients showed severe positive thought disorder 2-4 years after
hospitalization. Partial correlations and multiple regression analyses
indicated that thought disorder at follow-up was most closely related to
the presence of manic behavior and psychosis. It was also more frequent in
manic patients with poor posthospital functioning and in manic patients
with multiple previous manic episodes or a more chronic course of illness.
