Reliability and validity of four alternative definitions of rapid- cycling bipolar disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1421-1424

  Maj, Mario ^a   Pirozzi, Raffaele ^b   Formicola, Anna Maria Rosa ^b   Tortorella, Alfonso ^b  

^a Largo Madonna delle Grazie   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032851054     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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