Which could be a clinically useful definition of depressive mixed state?

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1105-1111

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Health Service of Forl ^*  (Italy)

^c Department of Psychology   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar II disorder; Definitions; Depressive mixed state; Unipolar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIXED MANIA AND DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SYMPTOM; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; AFFECT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036775834     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(02)00244-0     Document Type: Article

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