title: An approach to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with bipolar spectrum mood disorders, identifying temperaments.
abstract: Disorders of the bipolar spectrum (including sub-threshold forms) are very common, more so than is normally considered: these pathologies are often underestimated, not diagnosed or badly treated. In this article we describe a method hereby a patient with bipolar disorder is evaluated clinically, having regard to establishing the patient's underlying temperament.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Studies Centre, Provaglio d'Iseo, Italy. dr.tavormina.g@libero.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tavormina
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agius
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D010808:Physical Examination; D013694:Temperament