Affective temperaments and mood disorders: A review of current knowledge

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-32

  Vázquez, Gustavo H ^a,b   Gonda, Xenia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Argentina)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Affective temperaments; Bipolar disorders; Bipolar spectrum; Mood disorders; Personality

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AFFECTIVE TEMPERAMENT; ANXIETY; ANXIOUS TEMPERAMENT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CYCLOTHYMIC TEMPERAMENT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE TEMPERAMENT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYMIC TEMPERAMENT; IRRITABILITY; IRRITABLE TEMPERAMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84875339149     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: 18756441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340013805289617     Document Type: Article

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