The patient can be helped by a psychotherapeutic approach in which he is encouraged to explore dangers, obstacles, and potential disappointment, and to learn new responses to them. Teaching self-help strategies to manic clients. In The Hatherleigh guide to psychiatric disorders . Psychiatric Disorders Chapter 191. Characteristically, the rhythmic mood changes are regular and occur without justifiable external cause.
Cyclothymic personality is considered a temperament, present in many gifted and creative people.
The Australian Bipolar Web Site. This study was undertaken to explore various fundamental characteristics of the cyclothymic personality type. Overall, these results supported the contention that cyclothymic personality type is a viable sub-category in personality type theory .