Preliminary report of a study on the prevalence of bipolar disorders among Chinese adult patients seen in Hong Kong's primary care clinics suffering from depressive illness

Hong Kong Practitioner

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 168-175

  Kwong, Mary B L ^a   Mak, Ki Yan ^a   Law, Billy S O ^b   Sham, Shiu Kow ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Society for the Advancement of Bipolar Affective Disorder

Author keywords

Bipolar disorders; Chinese adult; Depression; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHINESE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY HISTORY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 76349085410     PISSN: 10273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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