Bulimia nervosa in atypical depression: The mediating role of cyclothymic temperament

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-97

  Perugi, Giulio ^a,b   Toni, Cristina ^b   Passino, M Chiara Sanna ^c   Akiskal, Kareen K ^d   Kaprinis, Stergios ^e,f   Akiskal, Hagop S ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b G DE LISIO INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d French Depressive and Manic Depressive Association   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atypical depression; Bipolar II; Bulimia nervosa; Cyclothymic temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTHYMIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULIMIA NERVOSA; COMORBIDITY; CYCLOTHYMIC DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33646383836     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2005.12.038     Document Type: Article

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