Soft bipolarity: How to recognize and treat bipolar II disorder
Current Psychiatry. 2009 July;08(07):41-48
July 1, 2009|Current Psychiatry
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More realistic criteria for hypomania point to bipolarity in apparently unipolar depression
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Dr. Smith receives research funding from the National Institute of Health Research UK, the MRC/Welsh Assembly Government, NARSAD, and the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education. He is a speaker for Eli Lilly and Company, AstraZeneca, and Bristol-Myers Squibb and is a consultant to Shire Pharmaceuticals.
