SEASONALITY OF THE EPISODES OF RECURRENT AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSES - POSSIBLE PROPHYLACTIC INTERVENTIONS
SEASONALITY OF THE EPISODES OF RECURRENT AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSES - POSSIBLE PROPHYLACTIC INTERVENTIONS
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DOI：
10.1016/0165-0327(80)90025-7
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发表时间：
1980-01-01
影响因子：
6.6
通讯作者：
BULGARIS, C
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作者：
FRANGOS, E;ATHANASSENAS, G;BULGARIS, C
本研究试图确定是否可以在希腊的患者中发现复发性情感性精神病发作的季节性变化的证据。适当考虑到希腊与其他国家不同的社会文化因素，尤其是气候因素，这些因素可能与季节性现象有关。在过去的50年里，对希腊雅典国家精神病医院收治的533例各种形式的情感性精神病患者的抑郁或躁狂精神病发作的季节性分布进行了研究。根据国际疾病分类-9划分的不同亚组患者的抑郁和躁狂发作在春季出现统计学显著的季节性变化。
This study is an attempt to ascertain whether evidence for seasonal variations of the episodes of recurrent affective psychoses can be found in patients in Greece. Due allowance was made for the fact that different socio-cultural and, above all, climatological factors prevail in Greece as opposed to other countries which might be relevant in the phenomenon of seasonality. The seasonal distribution of the psychotic episodes, either depressive or manic, has been examined for 533 patients with various forms of affective psychoses admitted to and treated in the State Mental Hospital of Athens, Greece, during the last 50 yr. Statistically significant seasonal variation with peaks in spring was found for depressive and manic episodes of various subgroups of patients, divided according to the International Classification of Diseases-9.