Bipolar Disorder 
Subtitle: Biological Models & Their Clinical Applications (Medical Psychiatry, 7)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: August 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780824798727
Subjects: Clinical psychology; Neurosciences; Psychiatry; Mental Illness; Mental Disorders; Physiological Pathology; Medical / Nursing; Psychology; Psychiatry - General; Pathophysiology; Medical / Psychiatry; Bipolar Disorder; Biological models; Biological psychiatry; Manic-depressive illness
First sentence: Bipolar affective disorder (manic-depressive illness) is a common, severe, chronic, and often life-threatening condition with a lifetime prevalence of 1.2% (Weissman et al., 1988).