Diagnosis and Treatment of Mixed States

Bipolar Psychopharmacotherapy: Caring for the Patient: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 391-410

  Swann, Alan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressive Agents; Diagnosis and Treatment of Mixed States; Lithium in Mixed Manic States; Predominately Depressive; Predominately Manic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869494237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470975114.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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