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Previous Volume 329:628-638 August 26, 1993 Number 9 Next

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Mood Disorders

Mood disorders include the depressive and manic states and are often intertwined with irritability, anger, emotional upheaval, and anxiety. The disorders may be associated with substance abuse, alcoholism, eating disorders, medical illness, anxiety, and personality disorders²⁵. In the classification of mood disorders, the distinction between bipolar and unipolar disorders is one of the most important¹⁵⁷. Patients with bipolar disorders have had at least one manic episode, and most have also had major depressive episodes. These patients appear to be distinct genetically, prognostically, epidemiologically, and therapeutically from patients who have only depressive episodes. Patients with a bipolar I disorder . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Anxiety Disorders

Alcoholism and Other Types of Substance Abuse

Alcoholism

Cocaine Abuse

Psychiatric Aspects of HIV Infection

Conclusions

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From the Department of Psychiatry (R.M., P.M.M.) and the Office of the Dean (R.M.), Cornell University Medical College, New York.

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