Response to Kotzalidis et al

Affiliations

¹ From the MoodNet Research Group and Division of Psychiatry, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway; the MoodNet Research Group and Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Clinical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway; NORMENT, KB Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway; Research Department, Stavanger University Hospital and Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, Norway; the Østmarka Department of Psychiatry, St. Olav University Hospital of Trondheim and Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Comment

Helle K Schoeyen et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2015.

. 2015 Mar 1;172(3):294-5.

doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14101366r.

¹ From the MoodNet Research Group and Division of Psychiatry, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway; the MoodNet Research Group and Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Clinical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway; NORMENT, KB Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway; Research Department, Stavanger University Hospital and Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger, Norway; the Østmarka Department of Psychiatry, St. Olav University Hospital of Trondheim and Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

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Kotzalidis GD, Pacchiarotti I, Rapinesi C, Murru A, Colom F, Vieta E. Kotzalidis GD, et al. Am J Psychiatry. 2015 Mar 1;172(3):294. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14101366. Am J Psychiatry. 2015. PMID: 25727540 No abstract available.