Illness characteristics and their association with prescription patterns for bipolar I disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-49

  Levine, Joseph ^a,b,c   Chengappa, Kn Roy ^a,b,c   Brar, Jaspreet S ^a   Gershon, Samuel ^a,b   Kupfer, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Stanley Ctr Innov Treatm B   (United States)

^c Mayview State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Age at onset; Automobile driving; Demography; Employment; Polypharmacy; Psychopharmacology; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LITHIUM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; ONSET AGE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0035106597     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-5618.2001.030106.x     Document Type: Article

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