Journal article
Staging bipolar disorder: clinical, biochemical, and functional correlates
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: There are several models of staging in bipolar disorder (BD), but none has been validated. The aims of this study were to empirically investigate clinical variables that may be useful to classify patients in clusters according to stage and study the association with biomarkers as biological validators.
METHOD: This was a historical cohort study. Patients (n = 115) diagnosed with BD and not in an acute episode and first-degree …
Authors
Grande I; Magalhães PV; Chendo I; Stertz L; Panizutti B; Colpo GD; Rosa AR; Gama CS; Kapczinski F; Vieta E
Journal
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Vol. 129, No. 6, pp. 437–444
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
June 2014
DOI
10.1111/acps.12268
ISSN
0001-690X