Sub-threshold manic symptoms in recurrent major depressive disorder are a marker for poor outcome

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-329

  Smith, D J ^a   Forty, L ^a   Russell, E ^a   Caesar, S ^b   Walters, J ^a   Cooper, C ^b   Jones, I ^a   Jones, L ^b   Craddock, N ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Bipolar; Depression; Prognosis; Response

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849087271     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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