A new bipolar spectrum concept: A brief review

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 11-14

  Angst, Jules ^a   Gamma, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bipolar II disorder; Definition; Hypomania; Minor bipolar disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036382346     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-5618.4.s1.1.x     Document Type: Review

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