Affective disorders, hospital admissions, and seasonal variation of mania in a subtropical area, southern hemisphere

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dc.contributor.authorKerr-Correa, F.
dc.contributor.authorSouza, L. B.
dc.contributor.authorCalil, H. M.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T12:30:39Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T12:30:39Z
dc.date.issued1998-09-01
dc.description.abstractHospital admissions (n = 15,450) to a state psychiatric hospital in Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil, over a 10-year period (1982-1991) were reviewed. 157 (1%) patients received a probable diagnosis of affective disorder according to DSM-III-R criteria. Among them, 46% had been diagnosed by the staff psychiatrists, and their diagnoses were sustained by the researchers, whereas 54% were diagnosed only by one of the researchers (F.K.C.). These last patients had previously received a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia or unspecified psychosis (ICD-9). Most of the patients with affective disorders were bipolar: 72 and 8%, respectively, presented manic and depressive episodes. Thus, only 20% received a diagnosis of major depression. A seasonal pattern in hospital admission was observed only for mania in women, their episodes occurring more often (p < 0.02) in spring and summer. No significant seasonal pattern in hospital admission for depression was found.en
dc.description.affiliationUNESP, Botucatu Med Sch, Dept Psychiat & Neurol, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo Sch Med, Dept Psychobiol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo Sch Med, Dept Psychobiol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent265-269
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000029049
dc.identifier.citationPsychopathology. Basel: Karger, v. 31, n. 5, p. 265-269, 1998.
dc.identifier.doi10.1159/000029049
dc.identifier.issn0254-4962
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/25956
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000075970800006
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherKarger
dc.relation.ispartofPsychopathology
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dc.titleAffective disorders, hospital admissions, and seasonal variation of mania in a subtropical area, southern hemisphereen
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