Seasonality of three dimensions of mania: Psychosis, aggression and suicidality

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 95-100

  Volpe, Fernando Madalena ^a,b,c   Tavares, Almir ^b   Del Porto, José Alberto ^c  

^a Casa de Saúde Santa Maria   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggression; Climate; Mania; Psychosis; Seasonality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEASON; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE;

AGGRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 40949164193     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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