Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 157-164 , March 2010

A comparison of life events in patients with unipolar disorder or bipolar disorder and controls

  • Netta Horesh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
    • Tel Aviv-Brull Community Mental Health Center, Tel-Aviv 67197, Israel
    • ,
  • Iulian Iancu

      Affiliations

    • Rehovot Community Mental Health Clinic, Rehovot 76649, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +972 8 9468962.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.05.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 157-164 , March 2010

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