The course of bipolar disorder

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 318-328

  Saunders, Kate E A ^a   Goodwin, Guy M ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CANNABIS; GLUCOSE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; CYCLOTHYMIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EATING DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MIGRAINE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NEUROSCIENCE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUICIDE; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77956330937     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.107.004903     Document Type: Review

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