Impact of irritability: a 2-year observational study of outpatients with bipolar I or schizoaffective disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 184-197

  Berk, Lesley ^a,b,c   Hallam, Karen T ^b,d   Venugopal, Kamalesh ^e   Lewis, Andrew James ^f,g   Austin, David W ^a   Kulkarni, Jayashri ^h   Dodd, Seetal ^a,b,i   de Castella, Anthony ^h   Fitzgerald, Paul B ^h   Berk, Michael ^a,b,i,j  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e South Australian Department for Health and Ageing   (Australia)

^f MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h Australia   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

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Author keywords

bipolar disorder; depression; functioning; irritability; mania; psychiatry; quality of life; schizoaffective disorder; social support; suicide

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; OLANZAPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 85018758531     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12486     Document Type: Article

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