The Bipolar Affective Disorder Dimension Scale (BADDS) – a dimensional scale for rating lifetime psychopathology in Bipolar spectrum disorders

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Current operational diagnostic systems have substantial limitations for lifetime diagnostic classification of bipolar spectrum disorders. Issues include: (1) It is difficult to operationalize the integration of diverse episodes of ps...

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Main Authors: Jones Ian, Craddock Nick, Kirov George, Jones Lisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-07-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/4/19