Symptom structure of acute mania: A factor study of the 24-item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale in a national sample of patients hospitalized for a manic episode
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- 作者：Angelo Picardi ; Francesca Battisti ; Giovanni de Girolamo ; Pierluigi Morosini ; Bruno Norcio ; Renata Bracco ; Massimo Biondi
- 关键词：Bipolar disorder ; Mania ; Factor analysis ; Dimensional psychopathology
- 刊名：Journal of Affective Disorders
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：May 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：108
- 期：1-2
- 页码：183-189
- 全文大小：157 K
文摘
Despite increasing interest in dimensional psychopathology and the use of symptom clusters in clinical research, factor analytic studies of mania are rare. Most studies included not only manic patients, but also patients with a mixed episode or other severe mental disorders. We aimed at further elucidating the symptom structure of manic states.