State- and trait-related deficits in sustained attention in bipolar disorder: Are there any overlaps with schizophrenia?

The Overlap of Affective and Schizophrenic Spectra

Volumn 9780521858588, Issue , 2006, Pages 79-103

  Clark, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFICITS; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SUSTAINED ATTENTION;

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EID: 84928284762     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544040.006     Document Type: Chapter

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