Identifying bipolar disorders in individuals with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-38

  Cain, Nancy N ^a   Davidson, P W ^a   Burhan, A M ^b   Andolsek, M E ^a   Baxter, J T ^a   Sullivan, L ^a   Florescue, H ^a   List, A ^c   Deutsch, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Behaviour disorder; Bipolar disorders; DSM IV; Mood disorders; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0037237979     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.2003.00458.x     Document Type: Review

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