Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 161-168 , May 2006

Comparisons of perceived quality of life across clinical states in bipolar disorder: data from the first 2000 Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) participants

  • Hongwei Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Data Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 412 624 9948; fax: +1 412 624 3775.
    • ,
  • Stephen R. Wisniewski

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Data Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
    • ,
  • Mark S. Bauer

      Affiliations

    • Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02908, USA
    • ,
  • Gary S. Sachs

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • ,
  • Michael E. Thase

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
    • ,
  • for the STEP-BD Investigators

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.08.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 161-168 , May 2006

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