The bipolar spectrum in psychiatric and general medical practice

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 30-35

  Akiskal, Hagop S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CYCLOTHYMIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIGRAINE; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

EID: 4944232433     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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