Editorial Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Psychiatry.2.011
What are the Elements to Identify the Anticipatory Signs of Mania or Depression When Bipolar Disorder is Present?
Michel Bourin1,*
- 1Neurobiology of anxiety and mood disorders, University of Nantes, 98, rue Joseph Blanchart, 44100 Nantes, France
Corresponding Author
Michel Bourin, michel.bourin@univ-nantes.fr
Received Date: May 07, 2024
Accepted Date: May 13, 2024
Bourin M. What are the Elements to Identify the Anticipatory Signs of Mania or Depression When Bipolar Disorder is Present? Arch Psychiatry. 2024;2(1):30-32.
Copyright: © 2024 Bourin M. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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