Interrater reliability in bipolar disorder research: current practices and suggestions for enhancing the best practices.

Int J Bipolar Disord

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, 345 Blackstone Blvd, Providence, RI, 02906, USA.

Published: January 2018

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