Are somatisation symptoms important evidence for an early diagnosis of bipolar spectrum mood disorders?

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Tavormina, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Psychiatric Studies Centre (CenStuPsi)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar spectrum; Somatic syndromes; Temperaments

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR SPECTRUM MOOD DISORDER; COLITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE TONE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR DISORDER; SKIN DISEASE; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 80052841451     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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