Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 165-170 , 15 June 2005

Relationship between bipolar illness and binge-eating disorders

  • Carla E. Ramacciotti

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 050 23751.
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  • Riccardo A. Paoli

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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  • Giovanni Marcacci

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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  • Armando Piccinni

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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  • Annalisa Burgalassi

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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  • Liliana Dell'Osso

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, via Roma 67, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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  • Paul E. Garfinkel

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 19 May 2003 ,Accepted 6 April 2004.

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☆ An earlier version of this report was presented at a meeting entitled “Disturbo Bipolare e Comorbidità: Strategie Cliniche e Terapeutiche,” Bormio, Italy, March 12–16, 2001, and at the Second International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Monte Carlo, November 28 to December 1, 2001.

PII: S0165-1781(05)00093-4

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.04.014

Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 165-170 , 15 June 2005

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