Complexity of mental illness: A new research dimension

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 251-252

  Yang, Albert C ^a,b,c   Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84880509134     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.01.018     Document Type: Editorial

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