Can feeling too good be bad? Positive emotion persistence (PEP) in bipolar disorder

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 217-221

  Gruber, June ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; happiness; mania; positive emotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961205669     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411414632     Document Type: Review

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