Predominant polarity in bipolar disorders: Refining or redefining diagnosis?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 324-326

  Colom, F ^a   Vieta, E ^a   Suppes, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DSM-5; DSM-IV; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; CLASSIFICATION;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS;

EID: 84944170393     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12503     Document Type: Editorial

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