Sleep loss as a trigger of mood episodes in bipolar disorder: individual differences based on diagnostic subtype and

Katie Swaden Lewis1, Katherine Gordon-Smith1, Liz Forty1

  • 1Katie Swaden Lewis, BSc, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatry Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, Cardiff; Katherine Gordon-Smith, PhD, Institute of Health & Society, University of Worcester, Worcester; Liz Forty, PhD, National Centre for Mental Health, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, Cardiff; Arianna Di Florio, PhD, MD, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, Cardiff; Nick Craddock, PhD, FRCPsych, National Centre for Mental Health, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, Cardiff; Lisa Jones, PhD, Institute of Health & Society, University of Worcester, Worcester; Ian Jones, PhD, MRCPsych, National Centre for Mental Health, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

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