Staging and neuroprogression in bipolar disorder: a systematic review of the literature

INTRODUCTION: The use of clinical staging models is emerging as a novel and useful paradigm for diagnosing severe mental disorders. The term "neuroprogression" has been used to define the pathological reorganization of the central nervous system along the course of severe mental disorders....

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Main Authors: Clarissa Severino Gama, Maurício Kunz, Pedro V.S. Magalhães, Flavio Kapczinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2013-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462013000100013