Screening for bipolar disorder: Strengths and limitations of currently available instruments

Primary Care and Community Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 47-51

  Allen, Rhiannon ^a   Smith, Daniel J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Bipolar spectrum disorder; Depression; Diagnosis; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249159048     PISSN: 17468841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17468840802034924     Document Type: Review

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