Gender and depressive symptoms in 711 patients with bipolar disorder evaluated prospectively in the Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 708-715

  Altshuler, Lori L ^a   Kupka, Ralph W ^a   Hellemann, Gerhard ^a   Frye, Mark A ^a   Sugar, Catherine A ^a   McElroy, Susan L ^a   Nolen, Willem A ^a   Grunze, Heinz ^a   Leverich, Gabriele S ^a   Keck Jr , Paul E ^a   Zermeno, Melanie ^a   Post, Robert M ^a   Suppes, Trisha ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952982004     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09010105     Document Type: Article

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