Bipolar disorder: It's all in your mind? The neuropsychological profile of a biological disorder

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 813-819

  Malhi, Gin S ^a,b,c   Ivanovski, Belinda ^a   Szekeres, Viktoria ^a   Olley, Amanda ^d  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Hunter Mental Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar depression; Bipolar disorder; Euthymia; Mania; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EMBASE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MANIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANNING; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 12744273377     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370404901204     Document Type: Review

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