Bipolar disorder is common in depressed primary care patients

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 129-133

  Dubovsky, Steven L ^a,b   Leonard, Kenneth ^a   Griswold, Kim ^c   Daurignac, Elsa ^c   Hewitt, Burlleen ^d   Fox, Chester ^c   Seymour, Deborah ^b   Dubovsky, Amelia N ^e   DeGruy, Frank ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d RADIANT RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Bipolar disorder; Depression; Diagnosis; Mood stabilizer; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052743153     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2011.09.2468     Document Type: Article

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