Affective temperaments across the bipolar-unipolar spectrum: Examination of the TEMPS-A in 927 patients and controls

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 42-51

  Di Florio, Arianna ^a   Hamshere, Marian ^a   Forty, Liz ^a   Green, Elaine K ^a   Grozeva, Detelina ^a   Jones, Ian ^a   Caesar, Sian ^b   Fraser, Christine ^a   Gordon Smith, Katherine ^a,b   Jones, Lisa ^b   Craddock, Nick ^a   Smith, Daniel J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective temperament; Bipolar disorder; Classification; Depression; Diagnosis; Endophenotype

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE TEMPERAMENT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT EVALUATION OF MEMPHIS PISA PARIS AND SAN DIEGO AUTOQUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952108442     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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