Association between bipolar spectrum features and treatment outcomes in outpatients with major depressive disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-360

  Perlis, Roy H ^a   Uher, Rudolf ^b   Ostacher, Michael ^c   Goldberg, Joseph F ^d   Trivedi, Madhukar H ^e   Rush, A John ^f   Fava, Maurizio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; SERTRALINE; THYROID HORMONE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953741102     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.179     Document Type: Article

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