RT Journal
A1 Villani S, Weitzel WD
T1 SEcondary mania
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 1979
FD August 1
VO 36
IS 9
SP 1031
OP 1031
DO 10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780090117015
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1979.01780090117015
AB To the Editor.— 
    The article in the Archives (35:1333-1339, 1978) by Krauthammer and Klerman titled "Secondary Mania: Manic Syndromes Associated With Antecedent Physical Illness or Drugs" is welcomed as a useful extension of our classification criteria for affective disorders. However, we were surprised about the omission of Graves' disease from the Table that listed reported cases of secondary mania. We would like to correct this oversight by offering the following example.Report of a Case.— 
    A 43-year-old woman was taken by her family to the emergency room of the University Hospital, Lexington, Ky. There she was observed to be talking incessantly in a loud and hostile voice. The psychiatry house officer was summoned to the emergency room with the message, "We've got a good manic for you."Family members reported that the patient's behavior had become intolerable during the last two weeks, ie, she had been talking almost nonstop while