Gender differences in psychotic bipolar mania

Gender Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 356-361

  Bräunig, Peter ^a   Sarkar, Rahul ^a   Effenberger, Susanne ^b   Schoofs, Nikola ^b   Krüger, Stephanie ^b  

^a VIVANTES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; gender differences; mania; psychotic episodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTMAN SELF RATING MANIA SCALE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BIPOLAR MANIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EROTOMANIA; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; GUILT; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; JEALOUS DELUSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY HALLUCINATION; ONSET AGE; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM; THOUGHT DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68749111268     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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