Posted by SLS on December 17, 2008, at 12:12:07
In reply to Re: what's the purpose of hypo-/ mania? » SLS, posted by raisinb on December 17, 2008, at 11:52:32
> "Four bipolar temperament qualities (i.e. extroversion-introversion, practical-imaginative, thinking-feeling and organized-flexible styles) are used as a measurement of prosyndromal bipolar disorder."
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> Scott, if you have a chance, could you say more about these measures? I found this really interesting. Do the "pre-bipolars" exhibit more introversion than extroversion, or vice versa, or is the measure that they cycle between two? And what are "organized/flexible styles?"
----------You have the general idea. I could not find many explanations of this temperament spectrum when used as a measurement device. Actually, the concept of depressive versus manic temperament was first offered by Emil Kraeplin.
Check this one out:
http://www.caspsurveys.org/NEW/pdfs/JRNLv_125.pdf
- Scott
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