title: Introduction--bipolar illness: current understanding and future perspectives.
authors.affiliation: 3rd Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Fountoulakis
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans