Money Hidden and Rediscovered in Subsequent Manic Phases a Case of Action Dependent on Mood State?
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 159 (4) , 579-581
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.159.4.579
Abstract
A manic-depressive patient hid £3000 during one manic phase and subsequently, when his mood stabilised, could not remember where he had hidden it. He found the money during a subsequent manic phase a few months later. We suggest that this is not a clear case of state-dependent memory, since the patient at no point explicitly recollected where he had hidden the money. Instead we suggest that this represents state-dependent action. The links between this case and previous research on state-dependent memory are outlined.Keywords
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