The Relationship Between the Duration of Drug Use and the Bipolar Disorder Patients' Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics

AKKAYA C., Deniz G., CANGÜR Ş., KIRLI S.

TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, cilt.25, sa.2, ss.94-105, 2014 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Dergi Adı: TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.94-105
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the duration of psychotropic drug use in the long-term follow-up of bipolar disorder (BD) patients. In addition, this study aimed to investigate their role in the daily clinical practice in association with patient sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. The overarching goal for this study was to produce results that enlighten the development of new treatment strategies.