Treating the bipolar spectrum mixed states: a new rating scale to diagnose them.
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The mixed states are the most serious clinical state in the bipolar spectrum, having the major risk of sucidality among all sub-types of the spectrum. The aim of this study is to help diagnosis and treatment of the patients having bipolar disorder mixed state, giving to psychiatrists and physicians a new efficacy rating scale focusing on this illness.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Psychiatria Danubina
دوره 26 Suppl 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014