Document Type : Editorial

Authors

1 Cairo Mood Center, Cairo, Egypt

2 Department of Psychological Medicine, Kings College, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

Mixed states have long been recognised as being important in psychiatry. In this paper, we review the history of these concepts and recent developments in the field.

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