Affective (mood) Disorders课件.pptVIP

Insight is invariably impaired. The patient may see no reason why his grandiose plans should be restrained or his extravagant expenditure curtailed. He seldom thinks himself ill, or in need of treatment In mild cases there is increased physical activity and speech; mood is labile being mainly euphoric but giving way to irritability at time; ideas are expansive and the patient often spends more than he can afford; sexual drive increases. In moderate cases, there is marked overactivity and pressure of speech which seems disorganized; the euphoric mood is increasingly interrupted b