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Four cases are described to illustrate some of the psychical processes which are important in the transition from depression to elation and vice versa. In these cases the pattern of development, the conflicts, and the methods of defence were identical. Oral and anal impulses were unusually intense. At times sadistic, aggressive impulses were uppermost and passive trends held back. On other occasions the opposite occurred.