The lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorders and the use of antidepressant drugs in bipolar depression in Italy

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 775-780

  Carta, Mauro Giovanni ^a   Aguglia, Eugenio ^b   Balestrieri, Matteo ^c   Calabrese, Joseph R ^d   Caraci, Filippo ^b   Dell'Osso, Liliana ^e   Di Sciascio, Guido ^f   Drago, Filippo ^b   Faravelli, Carlo ^g   Lecca, Maria Efisia ^a   Moro, Maria Francesca ^a   Nardini, Marcello ^f   Palumbo, Gabriella ^h   Hardoy, Maria Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressant drugs; Bipolar disorders; Community survey; Lifetime prevalence; Major depressive disorders; Mood Disorder Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857367787     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.09.041     Document Type: Article

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