Brief major depressive episode as an essential predictor of the Bipolar Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-35

  Shabani, Amir ^a   Zolfigol, Fatemeh ^a   Akbari, Mehdi ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bipolar spectrum disorder; Brief depressive episode; Recurrent depression; Treatment resistant depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 63249093040     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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