Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 78, Issue 1 , Pages 57-60 , January 2004

Correlates of insight among patients with bipolar I disorder in remission

  • Cheng-Fang Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung City, 807 Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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  • Cheng-Sheng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung City, 807 Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886-7-312-1101, ext. 6815; fax: +886-7-311-2492.
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  • Ming-Li Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Oriental Institute of Technology, Taipei County, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jhy-Hong Ker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung City, 807 Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shang-Ju Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung City, 807 Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ju-Yu Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University No. 100, Shih-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung City, 807 Taiwan

Received 15 March 2002 ,Revised 14 June 2002 ,Accepted 14 June 2002.

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PII: S0165-0327(02)00213-6

doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00213-6

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 78, Issue 1 , Pages 57-60 , January 2004

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