Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 55-59 , June 2010

Psycho-social outcomes for persons with bipolar-I disorder: Eight-year follow-up of a rural cohort from south India

  • Mohit P. Chopra

      Affiliations

    • VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Geriatric Mental Health, 3-5-C, VA Boston Healthcare System, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301, United States. Tel.: +1 774 826 3720; fax: +1 774 826 3724.
    • ,
  • K.V. Kishore Kumar

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
    • ,
  • Sanjeev Jain

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India
    • ,
  • R. Srinivasa Murthy

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India

Received 3 June 2009 ,Revised 27 February 2010 ,Accepted 7 March 2010.

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Asian Journal of Psychiatry
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