Is a delay in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder inevitable?

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 396-400

  Fritz, Kristina ^a,b,c   Russell, Alex M T ^d   Allwang, Christine ^e   Kuiper, Sandy ^a,b,c   Lampe, Lisa ^a,b,c   Malhi, Gin S ^a,b,c  

^a St George Hospital and Community Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; delay in diagnosis; depression; diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85027888099     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12499     Document Type: Article

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