The Mood Disorder Questionnaire for Assessing Bipolar Spectrum Disorder Frequency
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The Persian Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale and mood disorder questionnaire in screening the patients with bipolar disorder.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0706-7437,1497-0015
DOI: 10.1177/070674370204700420