Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 213-217 , May 2007

Is unipolar mania a distinct subtype?

  • Giulio Perugi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
    • Institute of Behavioral Sciences, 56127 Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy. Tel.: +39 50 835414; fax: +39 50 21581.
    • ,
  • M. Chiara Sanna Passino

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Behavioral Sciences, 56127 Pisa, Italy
    • ,
  • Cristina Toni

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Behavioral Sciences, 56127 Pisa, Italy
    • ,
  • Icro Maremmani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
    • Institute of Behavioral Sciences, 56127 Pisa, Italy
    • ,
  • Jules Angst

      Affiliations

    • University Psychiatric Hospital, CH-8029 Zurich, Switzerland

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.01.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 213-217 , May 2007

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