Are treatment emergent suicidality and decreased response to antidepressants in younger patients due to bipolar disorder being misdiagnosed as unipolar depression?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-43

  Berk, Michael ^a,b   Dodd, Seetal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ORYGEN RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACTIVATION SYNDROME; AGITATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 18944399010     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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