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Cyclothymic temperament and major depressive disorder: a study on Italian patients.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Mar 2010
Maina Giuseppe, Salvi Virginio, Rosso Gianluca, Bogetto Filippo
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BACKGROUND: Classical authors had hypothesized that affective temperaments represent the subclinical manifestations of mood disorders: in particular, cyclothymic and hyperthymic temperaments have been considered as a subthreshold variant of bipolar disorder. The aim of our study is to test the presence of affective temperaments in a group of Italian patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), and to test the...
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