The Significance of Mixed States in Depression and Mania

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Perugi, Giulio ^a   Quaranta, Giuseppe ^a   Dell’Osso, Liliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Hypomania depression; Major depressive disorder; Mania; Mixed features; Mixed state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905889561     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0486-4     Document Type: Review

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