Head to head: Is underdiagnosis the main pitfall in diagnosing bipolar disorder? No

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7748, 2010, Pages 686-

  Zimmerman, Mark ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INTERVIEW; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; NOTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950278780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c855     Document Type: Review

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