Effect of transmeridian travel and jetlag on mood disorders: Evidence and implications

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 220-227

  Inder, Maree L ^a   Crowe, Marie T ^a   Porter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; circadian disruption; Jetlag; mood disorder; transmeridian travel

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; AVIATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; JET LAG; MANIA; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MOOD DISORDER; RELAPSE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; TRAVEL;

HUMANS; JET LAG SYNDROME; MOOD DISORDERS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84975760110     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867415598844     Document Type: Article

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