What lies between hypomania and bipolar disorder? A qualitative analysis of 12 non-treatment-seeking people with a history of hypomanic experiences and no history of major depression

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-53

  Seal, Karen ^a   Mansell, Warren ^a   Mannion, Helena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Transitional Rehabilitation Unit (TRU) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AWARENESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AWARENESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 44649145827     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608307X209896     Document Type: Article

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