Evidence for clinical progression of unipolar and bipolar disorders

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 51-64

  Kessing, L V ^a,b   Andersen, P K ^b  

^a Psychiatric Center Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; cognition; dementia; depressive disorder; long term; longitudinal; progression; prospective study; recovery; recurrence; relapse; severity

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85001874157     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12667     Document Type: Review

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