Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 123-131 , August 2004

Consistency of remission and outcome in bipolar and unipolar mood disorders: a 10-year prospective follow-up

  • Joseph F Goldberg

      Affiliations

    • Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Swedish Health System, Glen Oaks, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Zucker Hillside Hospital, 75-59 263rd Street, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, USA. Tel.: +1-718-470-4134; fax: +1-718-343-1659.
    • ,
  • Martin Harrow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

Received 8 January 2002 ,Accepted 23 May 2003.

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☆ Portions of this research were presented at the 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC, May 29, 1999.

PII: S0165-0327(03)00161-7

doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(03)00161-7

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 123-131 , August 2004

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