Bipolar disorder and acute mania

Author/s
Richard Yasotharan
Citation
Issue 3 Summer 2013
CEPiP.2013;1:181-183
Abstract

Acute mania is described as it presents in bipolar I affective disorder. The Young Mania rating scale is described as a way of assessing mania clinically.

Keywords: mania, bipolar disorder, Young Mania Rating Scale

Cite as: Cutting Edge Psychiatry in Practice 2013, 3(1):181-183; https://doi.org/10.65031/ksnl2946

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