Characteristics of bipolar disorder in an Australian specialist outpatient clinic: Comparison across large datasets

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-117

  Mitchell, Philip B ^a,b   Johnston, Amy K ^a,b   Corry, Justine ^a,b   Ball, Jillian R ^a,b   Malhi, Gin S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Clinical; Epidemiological; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NORTH AMERICA; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849114926     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802607220     Document Type: Article

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