Antidepressant treatment-emergent affective switch in bipolar disorder: a prospective case-control study of outcome Ciclagem afetiva associada a tratamento com antidepressivo no transtorno bipolar: estudo caso-controle prospectivo

OBJECTIVE: Treatment-emergent affective switch has been associated to cycle acceleration and poorer outcome, but there are few studies addressing this issue. The aim of this study was to prospectively compare the outcome of patients presenting treatment-emergent affective switch with patients with s...

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Main Authors: Renata Sayuri Tamada, José Antônio Amaral, Cilly Kluger Issler, Andrew Alan Nierenberg, Beny Lafer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2006-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462006000400009