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Editorial
Mood Disorders—New Definitions, New Treament Directions
Paul Grof
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In Review
"Cade's Disease" and Beyond: Misdiagnosis, Antidepressant Use, and a Proposed Definition for Bipolar Spectrum Disorder
S Nassir Ghaemi, James Y Ko, Frederick K Goodwin
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The Neurobiology of Bipolar Disorder: Focus on Signal Transduction Pathways and the Regulation of Gene Expression
Yarema Bezchlibnyk, L Trevor Young

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Original Research
Major Depression and Its Association With Long-Term Medical Conditions

Lisa M Gagnon, Scott B Patten

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Seasonal Affective Disorders: Relevance of Icelandic and Icelandic-Canadian Evidence to Etiologic Hypotheses
Jóhann Axelsson, Jón G Stefànsson, Andrés Magnússon, Helgi Sigvaldason, Mikael M Karlsson

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Canadian Psychiatric Inpatient Religious Commitment: An Association With Mental Health
Marilyn Baetz, David B Larson, Gene Marcoux, Rudy Bowen, Ron Griffin

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The Moderating Effects of Coping Strategies on Major Depression in the General Population
JianLi Wang, Scott B Patten

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Antidepressant Side Effects in Depression Patients Treated in A Naturalistic Setting: A Study of Bupropion, Moclobemide, Paroxetine, Sertraline, and Venlafaxine
JD Vanderkooy, Sidney H Kennedy, R Michael Bagby

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Treatment Delays for Involuntary Psychiatric Patients Associated With Reviews of Treatment Capacity
Michelle Kelly, Sandra Dunbar, John E Gray, Richard L O'Reilly

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Book Reviews
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Books Received

Letters to the Editor
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“Cade’s Disease” and Beyond: Misdiagnosis, Antidepressant Use, and a Proposed Definition for Bipolar Spectrum Disorder


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Manuscript received and accepted February 2002.

1 Director, Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
2 Research Coordinator, Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Associate in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
3 Director, Center on Neuroscience, Medical Progress, and Society; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Address for correspondence: Dr SN Ghaemi, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
E-mail: ghaemi@hms.harvard.edu