A case-control study of bipolar depression, compared with unipolar depression, in a regional hospital in Hong Kong

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 452-459

  Sze man, Wong ^a   Lai wah, Dunn ^a   Wai nang, Tang ^a   Wah fat, Chan ^a   Shiu yin, Chong ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age at presentation; Antidepressants; Bipolar depression; Chinese; Family history; Manic switch; Sex; Structured clinical interview for the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders fourth edition axis I disorders; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70249149355     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370905400706     Document Type: Article

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