Clinical consequences of under-recognized bipolar spectrum disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 456-463

  Dunner, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar depression; Bipolar spectrum disorder; Brief hypomania; Diagnosis; Hypomania; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR DISORDER; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0347917189     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1399-5618.2003.00073.x     Document Type: Review

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