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We have known for some time of the pervasive presence of rhythmic variation in most of the processes of the body, and especially of those rhythms called "circadian," that is, showing a periodicity of about 24 hours. We have known less about the function and influence of these rhythms. Now accumulating lines of evidence from several sources suggest that circadian rhythms may be associated with the affective mental disorders-depression (unipolar) and manic depressive illness (bipolar). The hypothesis is proposed that these psychoses may be linked to biological rhythms which are out of phase with each other, or to failures in their synchronization with the external day-night cycle. That episodes of these illnesses are recurrent had been noticed anecdotally for many years but not persuasively documented until recently in studies such as those described here. The hypothesis is consistent with the finding of a high proportion of recurring episodes in patients with affective illnesses. Many of the findings reviewed here are from clinical data. If replicative and new investigations continue to support the conclusions suggested by these current findings, the implications for diagnosis, prev

Who reads Depression, Manic-depressive Illness, and Biological Rhythms?

Author

Corfman, Eunice Luccock.

Publisher

U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, National Institute of Mental Health, Division of Scientific and Public Information ; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., [Congressional Sales Office, 1979]

Published

1979

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction