Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 50-51, February 2008

You Don't Believe in a Patient's Depression? Watch the Watch!

  • Daniele Fabio Zullino

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Daniele Fabio Zullino, MD, PD, Service d'abus de substances, Département de psychiatrie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Rue Verte 2, CH–1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
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  • Victor Bancila

Division of Substance Abuse, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Depressive states may at times be particularly tricky to ascertain or confirm during a time-limited consultation. For example, a patient may present with what has been termed as smiling depression. We present the case of a female patient with bipolar II disorder whose difficult-to-ascertain depression could be confirmed by her automatic wristwatch, which regularly stopped when she was hypokinetic as a result of her depression.

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PII: S0883-9417(07)00119-7

doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2007.04.005

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 50-51, February 2008

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