What is hypomania? Tetrachoric factor analysis and kernel estimation of DSM-IV hypomanic symptoms

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1514-1521

  Benazzi, Franco ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 72849108310     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05090     Document Type: Article

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