Clinical implications of predominant polarity and the polarity index in bipolar disorder: A naturalistic study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 366-374

  Popovic, D ^a,b   Torrent, C ^a   Goikolea, J M ^a   Cruz, N ^a,c   Sanchez Moreno J ^a   Gonzalez Pinto A ^c   Vieta, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Naturalistic study; Polarity index; Predominant polarity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ARIPIPRAZOLE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZIPRASIDONE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR MANIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; ONSET AGE; POLARITY INDEX; PREDOMINANT POLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84898545079     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12179     Document Type: Article

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