Personalities of the Hyperthymic Circle: Evolution of Conception Views and Patokinesis

Abstract

The aim of review: to present the evolution of the concepts and pathokinesis of hyperthymia.Materials and methods: according to the keywords “personality of the hyperthymic circle”, “hyperthymia”, “bipolar affective disorder”, “chronic hypomania”, publications were searched in PubMed/MEDLINE, RSCI and other sources from the middle of the 19th century to the present.Conclusion: in science, historically, two intersecting psychopathological  concepts of hyperthymia have developed, positioning it as a single continuum of bipolar disorder and affective temperament/personality disorder. In recent years, thanks to the success and introduction of biological psychiatry, studies have appeared that confirm the structural-dynamic and pathogenetic integrity of hyperthymia.