Validation of the Italian version of the "Mood Disorder Questionnaire" for the screening of bipolar disorders

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hardoy, Maria Carolina ^a,b   Cadeddu, Mariangela ^a   Murru, Andrea ^a   Dell'Osso, Bernardo ^b   Carpiniello, Bernardo ^a   Morosini, Pier Luigi ^c   Calabrese, Joseph R ^d   Carta, Mauro Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Mood disorder questionnaire; Mood disorders; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33646435466     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-1-8     Document Type: Article

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