Psychiatry Research
Volume 133, Issue 1 , Pages 73-80 , 30 January 2005

Mood changes related to antidepressants: a longitudinal study of patients with bipolar disorder in a naturalistic setting

  • Michael Bauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Campus Charité-Mitte (CCM), Schumannstr. 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 30 450 51 70 70; fax: +49 30 450 51 79 62.
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  • Natalie Rasgon

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Room 2368, Palo Alto, CA 94305-5723, USA
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  • Paul Grof

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Royal Ottawa Hospital, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Z 7K4
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  • Lori Altshuler

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA
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  • Laszlo Gyulai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders Unit, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3600 Market Street, 8th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Manfred Lapp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Campus Charité-Mitte (CCM), Schumannstr. 20/21, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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  • Tasha Glenn

      Affiliations

    • ChronoRecord Association, Inc., P.O. Box 3501, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
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  • Peter C. Whybrow

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychiatric Institute & Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA

Received 5 December 2003 ,Accepted 19 August 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.08.006

Psychiatry Research
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