Diagnostic instability: How much is too much?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1136-1138

  Coryell, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURVIVAL PREDICTION; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; PSYCHOSIS;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84857074064     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11081191     Document Type: Editorial

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