Diagnosing bipolar disorder: Defining thresholds and setting boundaries

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 500-504

  Malhi, Gin S ^a,b   Berk, Michael ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Diagnosis; Hypomania; Mania

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DSM-5; DSM-IV; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYCLOTHYMIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRACTIBILITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MANIA; MELANCHOLIA; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RESTLESSNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME TO TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84903531152     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867414536670     Document Type: Review

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