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Updated: May 8, 2025
But even our typical cases did not present this picture during the entire psychosis. They showed phases when, superficially viewed, they were not in stupor but suffered from the above symptoms as tendencies rather than states. There are also many psychoses where complete stupor is never developed. The analogy to mania and hypomania is compelling. The latter is merely a dilution of the former.
This tendency of the stupor reaction to remain pure or change to hypomania is a peculiarity which seems to put stupor in a class by itself among the manic-depressive reactions, as all the other mood reactions frequently change from one to the other. Although apathy is the central pathognomonic symptom of stupor conditions, there are other mood anomalies to be noted.
As it was, it was clear that we were dealing with mild stages of stupor. When a psychiatrist meets with an undeveloped manic state, he calls it a hypomania and does not hesitate to make this diagnosis in the absence of complete development into a florid excitement. This procedure is not questioned, because the manic reaction as distinguished from a mania is well recognized.
The patient passes through phases of hypomania to great exultation, the flight becomes less intelligible, with this the activity diminishes until finally expression in any form disappears. If this sequence has not been observed, continued observation tells the tale.
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