Adaptive Strategies for Treating Childhood Mania

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 758-764

  Dawson, Ree ^a   Lavori, Philip W ^b   Luby, Joan L ^c   Ryan, Neal D ^d   Geller, Barbara ^c  

^a FRONTIER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategy; childhood mania; clinical trial design; methodology; treatment algorithm

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE TREATMENT STRATEGY STUDY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EVALUATION; MANIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847263914     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.08.022     Document Type: Article

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