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D B Double

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The factor structure of manic rating scales.

Separate factor analyses were performed on interview and ward behaviour ratings of 81 manically disturbed patients. The principal components analyses produced a dimensions of manic disturbance separating elation from aggressiveness. For the interview scale the rotated factors were (a) thought disturbance, (b) overactive and aggressive behaviour and (c) elevated mood and vegetative symptoms. For the ward behaviour scale the rotated factors were (a) motor and speech disturbance, (b) aggressiveness and (c) unrealistic expansiveness of mood.

Adult

Britain's path.

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Deinstitutionalization

A cluster analysis of manic states.

A cluster analysis was performed on 81 manically disturbed patients assessed at interview on items of manic symptomatology and general psychopathology. Four groups were obtained: (1) a mildly excited group, (2) a group characterized by elation and speech disturbance, (3) a small severely disturbed excited group, more schizophrenic than manic, and (4) a group characterized by aggressive overactivity.

Aggression