The road to DSM-V

Psychopathology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-218

  Colom, F ^a   Vieta, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Classification; Depression; Mania; Predominant polarity

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; CATATONIA; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MANIC PSYCHOSIS; MELANCHOLIA; MIXED MANIA AND DEPRESSION; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR DISORDER; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 65649137405     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218518     Document Type: Review

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