Challenging the unipolar-bipolar division: Does mixed depression bridge the gap?

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b,c,d  

^a Hecker Psychiatry Research Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar II disorder; Depressive mixed state; Major depressive disorder; Mixed depression; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOSE RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIXED MANIA AND DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT; SELF ESTEEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33845630646     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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