Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 431-440 , November 2004

Longitudinal course of bipolar I disorder

  • Ivan W. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Butler Hospital, and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
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  • Lisa A. Uebelacker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Butler Hospital, and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Lisa Uebelacker, Ph.D., Psychosocial Research Program, Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906 USA
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  • Gabor I. Keitner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Butler Hospital, and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
    • ,
  • Christine E. Ryan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Butler Hospital, and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
    • ,
  • David A. Solomon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Butler Hospital, and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA

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☆ Supported by NIMH Grant No. R01 MH48171 (Primary Inestigator: Ivan Miller).

PII: S0010-440X(04)00085-9

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 431-440 , November 2004

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