Depressive mixed state: Dimensional versus categorical definitions

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-134

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b,c  

^a Outpatient Psychiatry Center   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar II disorder; Depression; Depressive mixed state; Hypomania; Unipolar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0037307145     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(02)00343-3     Document Type: Article

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