Toward a comprehensive clinical staging model for bipolar disorder: Integrating the evidence

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 659-666

  Duffy, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Clinical course; Clinical staging; Developmental course; Heterogeneity; High risk; Natural history

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DSM-III; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; REVIEW; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84919427752     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371405901208     Document Type: Review

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