Diagnosis, Epidemiology and Management of Mixed States in Bipolar Disorder

CNS Drugs

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 725-740

  Fagiolini, Andrea ^a   Coluccia, Anna ^a   Maina, Giuseppe ^b   Forgione, Rocco N ^c   Goracci, Arianna ^a   Cuomo, Alessandro ^a   Young, Allan H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Private Practice   (Italy)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ARIPIPRAZOLE; ASENAPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; FLUOXETINE PLUS OLANZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; PALIPERIDONE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; ZIPRASIDONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MANAGED CARE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIXED MANIA AND DEPRESSION; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84943819450     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40263-015-0275-6     Document Type: Article

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