Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 279-285 , May 2003

Relevance of the catatonic syndrome to the mixed manic episode

  • Stephanie Krüger

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Mood Disorders Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Robert G. Cooke

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Mood Disorders Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Cathy C. Spegg

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Mood Disorders Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • Peter Bräunig

      Affiliations

    • Klinik für Psychiatrie, Verhaltensmedizin und Psychosomatik am Klinikum Chemnitz, Dresdner Strasse 178, 09131 Chemnitz, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-371-333-10501; fax: +49-371-10502

Received 23 October 2000 ,Revised 20 February 2002 ,Accepted 8 March 2002.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 279-285 , May 2003

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