Defence and coping in bipolar affective disorder: Stability and change of adaptational processes

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-306

  Kramer, Ueli ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956150511     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466509X457397     Document Type: Article

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