Bipolar depression: Relationship between episode length and antidepressant treatment

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1417-1423

  Frankle, W G ^a   Perlis, R H ^b   Deckersbach, T ^b   Grandin, L D ^b   Gray, S M ^b   Sachs, G S ^b   Nierenberg, A A ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CALCULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOOD; PATIENT CARE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036854637     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702006165     Document Type: Article

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