Bipolar or unipolar? - the question for clinicians and researchers

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 177-183

  Kiejna, Andrzej ^a   Rymaszewska, Joanna ^a   Hadryś, Tomasz ^a   Suwalska, Aleksandra ^b   Łojko, Dorota ^b   Rybakowski, Janusz K ^b  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Bipolar spectrum; Diagnostic criteria; Nosology; Recurrent depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CYCLOTHYMIC DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745143925     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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