Suicide Prevention

Bipolar Psychopharmacotherapy: Caring for the Patient

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 353-365

  Rihmer, Zoltán ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bipolar II depression; Long term pharmacotherapy; Permanent psychosocial stressors; Psychological autopsy studies; Role of psychopharmacons; Schizophrenia schizoaffective disorder; Suicide behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349185112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470017953.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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