Life-event specificity: bipolar disorder compared with unipolar depression
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Life-event specificity: bipolar disorder compared with unipolar depression.
BACKGROUND Little is known about the impact of different types of stressful events (for example divorce v. bereavement) on unipolar depression compared with bipolar disorder. Inconsistencies exist concerning the association between independent events (beyond an individual's control, such as bereavement) and bipolar disorder. AIMS To examine the role of specific, independent and dependent even...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.111047