Quality of life and its correlates in patients with bipolar disorder stabilized on lithium prophylaxis

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 311-318

  Chand, Prabhat K ^a   Mattoo, Surendra K ^a   Sharan, Pratap ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Bipolar affective disorder, daily hassles, life events, quality of life

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDIZATION; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LITHIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 3042704259     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01237.x     Document Type: Article

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