Late-life bipolar depression due to the soft form of bipolar disorder compared to unipolar depression: An inpatient chart review study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 64-70

  Takeshima, Minoru ^a   Kurata, Koichi ^a  

^a Ishikawa Prefectural Takamatsu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipolar depression; Bipolar disorder; Bipolar II disorder; Depressive mixed state; Elderly; Late life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952242208     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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