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SM Journal of Depression Research and Treatment

Prolonged Hypomanic, Five Years Running Wild: Case Report

[ ISSN : 2573-3389 ]

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Received: 16-Dec-2016

Accepted: 27-Feb-2017

Published: 02-Mar-2017

Case Report | Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Bianca Caroline Alvim Tomaz¹, Guilherme Lavras Costallat², and Elaine Henna³*

¹Medical student at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
²Resident physician of Psychiatry at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo
³Professor of Psychiatry at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Elaine Henna, Professor of Psychiatry at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Jouberte Wey, 290 Sorocaba-SP, Brazil, Fax: (+55)153224-3303; Email: elhenna@usp.br

Abstract

Bipolar disorder is characterized by episodes of depression, hypomania e mania. Usually the hypomanic and manic phases are briefer than depressive ones. Presence of comorbidities with other psychiatric disorders is common: nearly 45% of bipolar patients are associated with personality disorders obscuring accurate diagnosis. We aimed to report a case where hypomania symptoms lasted five years, as there was a long life history of dysfunctional behavior; hypomanic symptoms were mistaken as personality. Diagnosis of bipolar disorder only was done when it evolved to mania. There was complete recovery of mood symptoms with mood stabilizer.

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Tomaz BCA, Costallat GL and Henna E. Prolonged Hypomanic, Five Years Running Wild: Case Report. SM J Depress Res Treat. 2017; 3(1): 1014. https://dx.doi.org/10.36876/smjdrt.1014