Course and outcome of bipolar spectrum disorder in children and adolescents: A review of the existing literature

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1023-1035

  Birmaher, Boris ^a   Axelson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847768790     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579406060500     Document Type: Review

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