Bipolar disorder. II: Personality and age of onset

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 340-348

  Engström, Christer ^a   Brändström, Sven ^a   Sigvardsson, Sören ^b   Cloninger, Robert ^c   Nylander, Per Olof ^a,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Bipolar disorder; Character; Family history; Harm avoidance; Personality; TCI; Temperament; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHARACTER; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0242332335     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-5618.2003.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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