Mood patterns and classification in bipolar disorder

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Bipolar II disorder; Classification; Major depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MIXED MANIA AND DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS;

EID: 33644986930     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000194145.03895.bc     Document Type: Review

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