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Manic Psychosis in Connection with Q-Fever

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. B. Schwartz
R. B. Schwartz*
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Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Bern; Bolligenstrasse 117, CH-3072, Berne, Switzerland
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Steinberg et al. (11) have recently described, in a case report in this Journal, a combination of manic psychosis in the course of and following an influenza infection with high levels of complement fixing (CF) antibody titre, with a view to encouraging further research-work in this direction. Following their suggestions, we should like to describe a similar observation. At the same time, we will take the opportunity to make some critical remarks on the comments made by Steinberg et al. as to the correlation between the specificity of an exogenic noxious agent and a mental reaction, since, in our opinion, it might lead to a certain misunderstanding to talk about a direct or even specific relationship between influenza infection and manic psychosis.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 579 , February 1974 , pp. 140 - 143
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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