Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 145-153 , June 2004

The sleep of remitted bipolar outpatients: a controlled naturalistic study using actigraphy

  • Audrey Millar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Academic Centre, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, 1055 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G12 0XH, UK
    • ,
  • Colin A Espie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Academic Centre, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, 1055 Great Western Rd, Glasgow G12 0XH, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Jan Scott

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Glasgow, UK

Received 2 May 2002 ,Revised 14 February 2003 ,Accepted 14 February 2003.

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Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 80, Issue 2 , Pages 145-153 , June 2004

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