Is bipolar II disorder increasing in prevalence?

Bipolar II Disorder: Modelling, Measuring and Managing, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 63-69

  Parker, Gordon ^a   Fletcher, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84880917671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139003315.007     Document Type: Chapter

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