Are depression and bipolar disorder the same illness?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1241-1242

  Hirschfeld, Robert M A ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM;

EID: 21344461927     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.7.1241     Document Type: Editorial

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