The association between mixed symptoms, irritability and functioning measured using smartphones in bipolar disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 443-453

  Faurholt Jepsen, M ^a   Frost, M ^b   Christensen, E M ^a   Bardram, J E ^c   Vinberg, M ^a   Kessing, L V ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Monsenso ApS   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; irritability; mixed symptoms; smartphone

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF MONITORING; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE; AFFECT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENMARK; DEVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SMARTPHONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SMARTPHONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85063572025     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.13021     Document Type: Article

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