Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 187-192 , March 2010

Distinguishing affective depersonalization from anhedonia in major depression and bipolar disorder

  • Marco Mula

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Section of Neurology, Amedeo Avogadro University C.so Mazzini, 18 28100 Novara, Italy. Tel.: +39 03213733371; fax: +39 03213733298.
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  • Stefano Pini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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  • Simona Calugi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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  • Matteo Preve

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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  • Matteo Masini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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  • Ilaria Giovannini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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  • Paola Rucci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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  • Giovanni B. Cassano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnologies, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.03.009

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 187-192 , March 2010

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