Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: October-December | Volume: 4 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 6-10
Wandering Behaviour in Patients with Bipolar Affective Disorder: A Case Series
Dr. K Priya Nayak1, Dr. Joylin Jovita Mascarenhas2, Dr. Smitha LamiyaRasquinha3
Assistant Professor1, Associate Professor2, Senior Resident3,
Department of Psychiatry, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Joylin Jovita Mascarenhas
ABSTRACT
Wandering behaviour is walking slowly around or to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose or direction. It is present in many psychiatric disorders. Identifying the comorbid condition in these disorders is of highest importance. This article describes about a series of cases of patients with bipolar disorder with wandering.
Key words: Wandering behaviour, Bipolar affective disorder, Mania.