Mental Health Comorbidity in MS: Depression, Anxiety, and Bipolar Disorder

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Turner, Aaron P ^a,b   Alschuler, Kevin N ^b,c   Hughes, Abbey J ^d   Beier, Meghan ^d   Haselkorn, Jodie K ^a,b,c   Sloan, Alicia P ^a   Ehde, Dawn M ^b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bipolar disorder; Depression; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

DESIPRAMINE; PAROXETINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84995544817     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-016-0706-x     Document Type: Review

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