Development of a questionnaire to assess inter-episode functioning in bipolar disorder: Bipolar Disorder Functioning Questionnaire

Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Aydemir, Ömer ^a   Eren, Ibrahim ^a   Savaş, Haluk ^a   Kalkan Oǧuzhanoǧlu, Nalan ^a   Kocal, Nesrin ^a   Devrimci Özgüven, Halise ^a   Akkaya, Cengiz ^a   Devrim Başterzi, Ayşe ^a   Karlidaǧ, Rifat ^a   Yenilmez, Çinar ^a   Özerdem, Ayşegül ^a   Kora, Kaan ^a   Tamam, Lut ^a   Gülseren, Şeref ^a   Oral, Timuçin ^a   Vahip, Simavi ^a  

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Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Functioning; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349013478     PISSN: 13002163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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