[Early diagnosis of bipolar disorder].

Sr. Editor,Um problema grave na psiquiatria e a demora no diagnosti-co correto e o consequente tratamento adequado das patolo-gias. Talvez o problema mais grave seja em relacao ao Trans-torno Bipolar (TB). Muitas vezes, os pacientes sao erronea-mente diagnosticados e tratados como esquizofrenicos, devi-do aos episodios psicoticos; em outras, nas formas mais levesdo transtorno, como deprimidos, devido ao nao reconheci-mento de alguns sintomas, como irritabilidade, impulsividadee hiperatividade.

• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

• Publication date

  2005-03-01

• Fields of study

  Not labeled

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  DOI 10.1590/S1516-44462005000100018PMID 15867990
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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