Would broadening the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder do more harm than good? Implications from longitudinal studies of subthreshold conditions

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-443

  Zimmerman, Mark ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOOD STABILIZER;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; DSM-IV; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84860556467     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.11com07288     Document Type: Note

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