MANIA, DEPRESSION, AND MOOD DEPENDENT MEMORY

Most of what is known about the conditions under which mood dependent memory (MDM) occurs, and the factors that enable its emergence, has co me from cognitively oriented research involving experimentally engende red moods in normal subjects (typically university undergraduates). To date, little attention has been paid to the possibility of demonstrat ing MDM in people who experienced marked shifts in mood state as a con sequence of a psychopathological condition. By studying patients with rapid-cycling bipolar illness, we sought to explore this possibility a nd to establish whether findings derived from cognitively oriented stu dies of MDM can be generalised to a clinically relevant context.