Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 441-446 , November 2004

Factor structure of recalled DSM-IV hypomanic symptoms of bipolar II disorder

  • Franco Benazzi

      Affiliations

    • E. Hecker Outpatient Psychiatry Center, Ravenna, Italy (a University of California at San Diego Collaborating Center); and the Department of Psychiatry, National Health Service, Forli, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Franco Benazzi, M.D., Via Pozzetto 17, 48010 Castiglione di Cervia RA, Italy

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 441-446 , November 2004

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