TY - JOUR
T1 - Clouds and silver linings
T2 - Positive experiences associated with primary affective disorders
AU - Jamison, K. R.
AU - Gerner, R. H.
AU - Hammen, C.
AU - Padesky, C.
PY - 1980/1/1
Y1 - 1980/1/1
N2 - Clinical psychiatry has focused almost entirely on the psychopathology of the affective disorders. The authors studied responses of 61 patients (35 bipolar, 26 unipolar) to questions about perceived short- and long-term benefits (increased sensitivity, sexuality, productivity, creativity, and social outgoingness) they attributed to their affective illness. Bipolar patients strongly indicated positive experiences associated with manic-depressive illness; few unipolar patients perceived their disorder in such a way. Significant sex differences emerged in the attributions made by bipolar patients.
AB - Clinical psychiatry has focused almost entirely on the psychopathology of the affective disorders. The authors studied responses of 61 patients (35 bipolar, 26 unipolar) to questions about perceived short- and long-term benefits (increased sensitivity, sexuality, productivity, creativity, and social outgoingness) they attributed to their affective illness. Bipolar patients strongly indicated positive experiences associated with manic-depressive illness; few unipolar patients perceived their disorder in such a way. Significant sex differences emerged in the attributions made by bipolar patients.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.137.2.198
DO - 10.1176/ajp.137.2.198
M3 - Article
C2 - 7352574
AN - SCOPUS:0018890749
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 137
SP - 198
EP - 202
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -