Bipolar depression: Phenomenological overview and clinical characteristics

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 530-539

  Mitchell, Philip B ^a   Malhi, Gin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar depression; Bipolar disorder; Disability; Neuropsychology; Phenomenology; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM;

BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 4444278448     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2004.00137.x     Document Type: Review

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