Suicide and bipolar disorder: The state of the evidence

Bipolar Disorder: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 293-312

  Wedig, Michelle ^a   Weinstock, Lauren M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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