Agitated "unipolar" depression re-conceptualized as a depressive mixed state: Implications for the antidepressant-suicide controversy

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-258

  Akiskal, Hagop S ^a   Benazzi, Franco ^b,c,f   Perugi, Giulio ^d   Rihmer, Zoltán ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hecker Psychiatry Research Center   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^f NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agitated depression; Antidepressants; Bipolar II; Major depressive disorder; Mixed state; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGITATED DEPRESSION; BEHAVIOR; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPEECH; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 15244358704     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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