Classifying mood disorders by age-at-onset instead of polarity

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-93

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b,c,d  

^a 'Hecker' Psychiatry Research Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Bipolar II disorder; Classification; Phenotype; Unipolar major depressive disorder; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 58149358941     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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