... of BD is that many individuals will present with depressive symptoms but initially make no reference to hypomanic symptoms unless the practitioner actively questions the patients about these. This withholding of reference to the hypomanic symptoms is usually related to the manic defence, which tends to produce a degree of mindlessness and lack of concern about hypomanic symptoms. As a result, it can be ... for supersensitive responses. Therefore it can be speculated from this, that this will enhance the detection of a supersensitive reaction in the groups if one was to occur. Also, due...

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