The pattern of hostility in affective illness.

The article focuses on the study that determines the pattern of hostility in affective illness. It aims to discover whether patients with unipolar and bipolar depression and those with mania are different in their aggressiveness as measured by the Hostility and Direction of Hostility Questionnaire. Meanwhile, it also aims to provide further evidence of the changing pattern of hostility in affective illness after recovery. In six groups of patients tested, 3 showed active symptoms at the time of testing, while 3 had recovered from a recent illness.