Mood instability: significance, definition and measurement

Mood instability is common, and an important feature of several psychiatric disorders. We discuss the definition and measurement of mood instability, and review its prevalence, characteristics, neurobiological correlates and clinical implications. We suggest that mood instability has underappreciate...

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Autores principales: Broome, M. R., Saunders, K. E. A., Harrison, P. J., Marwaha, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015
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Editorials
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26429679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.158543
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spelling pubmed-45896612015-10-14 Mood instability: significance, definition and measurement Broome, M. R. Saunders, K. E. A. Harrison, P. J. Marwaha, S. Br J Psychiatry Editorials Mood instability is common, and an important feature of several psychiatric disorders. We discuss the definition and measurement of mood instability, and review its prevalence, characteristics, neurobiological correlates and clinical implications. We suggest that mood instability has underappreciated transdiagnostic potential as an investigational and therapeutic target. Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4589661/ /pubmed/26429679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.158543 Text en © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.
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