TY - JOUR
T1 - Unipolar depression/bipolar depression
T2 - Connections and controversies
AU - Mondimore, Francis M.
PY - 2005/2
Y1 - 2005/2
N2 - The modern dichotomous divide between unipolar and bipolar depressive disorders derives from several monographs that appeared in the mid-twentieth century. Studies of illness course and differing symptomatic profiles in unipolar and bipolar illness support this interpretation, but more recent descriptions of 'bipolar spectrum disorders' and genetic findings suggest otherwise. Whether these illnesses represent categories or points on a continuum remains an unresolved question.
AB - The modern dichotomous divide between unipolar and bipolar depressive disorders derives from several monographs that appeared in the mid-twentieth century. Studies of illness course and differing symptomatic profiles in unipolar and bipolar illness support this interpretation, but more recent descriptions of 'bipolar spectrum disorders' and genetic findings suggest otherwise. Whether these illnesses represent categories or points on a continuum remains an unresolved question.
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U2 - 10.1080/09540260500068216
DO - 10.1080/09540260500068216
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16194769
AN - SCOPUS:17944370286
SN - 0954-0261
VL - 17
SP - 39
EP - 47
JO - International Review of Psychiatry
JF - International Review of Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -