Mood charting and technology: New approach to monitoring patients with mood disorders

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-429

  Bauer, Michael ^a,b   Grof, Paul ^c   Rasgon, Natalie ^d   Glenn, Tasha ^e   Alda, Martin ^f   Priebe, Stefan ^g   Ricken, Roland ^a   Whybrow, Peter C ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Mood Disorders Clinic of Ottawa   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ChronoRecord Association Inc   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Longitudinal studies; Methodology; Mood charting; Mood disorders; Self reporting

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; LITHIUM CARBONATE; OLANZAPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; ONLINE MONITORING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750715707     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340006778699747     Document Type: Review

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