The mood spectrum in unipolar and bipolar disorder: Arguments for a unitary approach

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1264-1269

  Cassano, Giovanni B ^a   Rucci, Paola ^b   Frank, Ellen ^b   Fagiolini, Andrea ^b   Dell'Osso, Liliana ^b   Shear, M Katherine ^b   Kupfer, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 3042696601     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.7.1264     Document Type: Article

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