Gender differences in bipolar disorder type 1: A 48-week prospective follow-up of 72 patients treated in an Italian tertiary care center

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-96

  Benedetti, Alessandra ^a   Fagiolini, Andrea ^b   Casamassima, Francesco ^a   Mian, Maria Serena ^a   Adamovit, Anna ^a   Musetti, Laura ^a   Lattanzi, Lorenzo ^a   Cassano, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar I disorder; Comorbidity; Gender; Prospective course

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LITHIUM; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTICONVULSANTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33846259343     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000243781.67035.b1     Document Type: Article

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