Association between duration of untreated bipolar disorder and clinical outcome: data from a Brazilian sample
Objective: Bipolar disorder (BD) is often left untreated for long periods, and this delay in treatment correlates with unfavorable prognosis. The present study sought to assess the magnitude of duration of untreated bipolar disorder (DUB) in Brazil. We hypothesized that DUB would be longer in Brazil...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462016000100006&lng=en&tlng=en |