A clinical study comparing manic and mixed episodes in patients with bipolar disorder Estudo clínico comparativo entre episódios de mania e mistos em pacientes com transtorno bipolar

OBJECTIVE: Mixed episodes have been described as more severe than manic episodes, especially due to their longer duration and their association with higher rates of suicide attempts, hospitalization and psychotic symptoms. The purpose of this study was to compare the severity between mixed and pure...

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Main Authors: Ângela Maria Schwartzmann, José Antonio Amaral, Cilly Issler, Sheila C Caetano, Renata S Tamada, Karla Mathias de Almeida, Marcia Brito de Macedo Soares, Rodrigo da Silva Dias, Cristiana C Rocca, Beny Lafer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2007-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462007000200008