Hypomanic experience in young adults confers vulnerability to intrusive imagery after experimental trauma: Relevance for bipolar disorder

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 675-684

  Malik, Aiysha ^a   Goodwin, Guy M ^a   Hoppitt, Laura ^b   Holmes, Emily A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Intrusive imagery; Involuntary memory; Mental imagery; Trauma film

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911491502     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702614527433     Document Type: Article

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