A case of seasonal bipolar disorder exacerbated by Cushing's disease

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-158

  Ghadirian, Abdu'l Missagh ^a,c   Marcovitz, Sorana ^b   Murphy, Beverley E Pearson ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Allan Memorial Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; LITHIUM; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 13844275421     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.029     Document Type: Article

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