Diagnosis of bipolar II disorder: A comparison of structured versus semistructured interviews

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 985-991

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Outpatient Psychiatry Center   (Italy)

^b Outpatient Psychiatry Center   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar II disorder; Diagnosis; Reliability; SCID; Structured interview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0141740266     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(03)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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