Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 85-92 , March 2005

Reliability and validity of TEMPS-A in a Japanese non-clinical population: application to unipolar and bipolar depressives

  • Satoko Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Tsuyoshi Akiyama

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kanto Medical Center NTT EC,Tokyo,Japan.
    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kanto Medical Center NTT EC, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hitoshi Tsuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yuko Miyake

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry, Chiba, Japan
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  • Yoshiya Kawamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Japan
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  • Toshie Noda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kanto Medical Center NTT EC, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kareen K. Akiskal

      Affiliations

    • International Mood Center, University of California at San Diego, USA
    • ,
  • Hagop S. Akiskal

      Affiliations

    • International Mood Center, University of California at San Diego, USA

Received 10 April 2003 ,Accepted 2 October 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2003.10.001

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 85-92 , March 2005

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