Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 22-27 , December 2009

Predominant previous polarity as an outcome predictor in a controlled treatment trial for depression in bipolar I disorder patients

  • E. Vieta

      Affiliations

    • Bipolar Disorders Program, University of Barcelona Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomédiques Agustí Pi Sunyer, CIBER-SAM, Barcelona, Spain
    • Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Program, Harvard Medical School; International Consortium for Bipolar Disorders Research, McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Bipolar Disorders Program, Clinical Institute of Neuroscience, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170. 08036 Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34 93 227 5401; fax: +34 93 227 9876.
    • ,
  • M. Berk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne; The Mental Health Research Institute and Orygen Research Center, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • W. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Univerity of Oxford, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • F. Colom

      Affiliations

    • Bipolar Disorders Program, University of Barcelona Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomédiques Agustí Pi Sunyer, CIBER-SAM, Barcelona, Spain
    • Department of Psychiatry, Univerity of Oxford, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • M. Tohen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Program, Harvard Medical School; International Consortium for Bipolar Disorders Research, McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
    • ,
  • R.J. Baldessarini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Program, Harvard Medical School; International Consortium for Bipolar Disorders Research, McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Received 15 September 2008 ,Revised 25 February 2009 ,Accepted 26 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.02.028

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 22-27 , December 2009

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