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Unipolar and Bipolar Primary Affective Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Robert A. Woodruff Jr. ,
Samuel B. Guze  and
Paula J. Clayton
Robert A. Woodruff Jr.
Affiliation:
Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A.
Samuel B. Guze
Affiliation:
Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A.
Paula J. Clayton
Affiliation:
Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A.
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The classification of affective disorders has been a topic of controversy for years. The literature is filled with tentative attempts to order this large group of patients. Such attempts have brought surprisingly little resolution of the issues involved. There are those who would make numerous subdivisions within the affective disorders, and others who see affective illness as a unitary disorder.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 548 , July 1971 , pp. 33 - 38
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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