Bipolar II disorder - Diagnostic and management lessons for health practitioners from a coronial inquest

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-83

  Parker, Gordon B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ESCITALOPRAM; FISH OIL; MOOD STABILIZER; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSULTATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOOD DISORDER; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHIATRIST; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 79960596820     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03213.x     Document Type: Article

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