The essential criteria are bipolarity with a melancholic or manic basic syndrome, or presence of mixed states or partial states with lability of the affect in a unipolar course with complete remission after each episode.
Leonhard's subphenotypes of monopolar depression are characterized by distinct affective syndromes recurring in each episode with identical symptoms, whereas essential criteria for manic-depression are remitting course and bipolarity with a melancholic or manic basic syndrome, presence of mixed states or unipolar partial states with instability of mood.
The basic syndromes include liver-stomach disharmony syndrome (qi-stagnation syndrome), fluid and food retention syndrome, dampness-heat of spleen and stomach syndrome, spleen-stomach weakness syndrome (spleen-deficiency syndrome), and cold and heat in complexity syndrome.
The inclusion criteria for the database adhere to the European guidelines for AHF (2005) and patients were systematically classified according to the basic syndromes, type and etiology of AHF.
His concept of borderline personality organization (BPO) reflects the subjective and behavioral consequences of identity diffusion and is regarded as the basic psychopathological syndrome of all severe personality disorders [ 28].
Among the basic TCM syndromes, coldness or hotness most easily discern themselves.
The Lean mouse line exhibits characteristics that uncover some of the factors involved in genetic predisposition for obesity-resistance that may also be relevant for obesity and metabolic syndrome basic and applied research in humans.
In 1982, psychologist Maslach describes the responses of workers to different stressful situations in their work life, and tries to define the basic characteristics of the syndrome that she terms "burnout syndrome" [ 6].
Genetic Predisposition to Cancer is not a book that can be read at one sitting from cover to cover, but it will be very useful as a reference; particularly, the first three parts, Basic principles, Inherited Cancer Syndromes and Chromosome fragility syndromes, and the Gorlin Syndrome.
After a clear and valuable glossary that might, however, have merited more discussion of key issues such as the difference between polymorphism and mutation, the book is divided in five main parts: Basic principles, Inherited cancer syndromes, Chromosome fragility and Gorlin syndrome, Common cancers, and Psychological, ethical and organisational issues.
Costa, himself a physician and neuroscientist, had only a basic knowledge of Down syndrome.
