Current research on affective temperaments

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Rihmer, Zoltán ^a   Akiskal, Kareen K ^b   Rihmer, Annamária ^a   Akiskal, Hagop S ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective temperaments; Bipolar I disorder; Bipolar II disorder; Dopamine; Personality; Serotonin; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CYCLOTHYMIA; DISEASE COURSE; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOOD DISORDER; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 74349111559     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32833299d4     Document Type: Review

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