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The bipolar spectrum—the shaping of a new paradigm in psychiatry

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Akiskal, H.S. The bipolar spectrum—the shaping of a new paradigm in psychiatry. Curr Psychiatry Rep 4, 1–3 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-002-0001-1

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