Is bipolar disorder still underdiagnosed? Are antidepressants overutilized?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 135-144

  Ghaemi, S Nassir ^a   Sachs, Gary S ^b   M Chiou, Alice ^c   Pandurangi, Ananda K ^c   Goodwin, Frederick K ^a  

^a Psychopharmacology Research Center   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Bipolar disorder; Depression; Diagnosis; Drug therapy; Manic depressive illness; Nosology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOIDISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0032953755     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(98)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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