Frontiers Between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Bipolar Disorder

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-346

  Galanter, Cathryn A ^a   Leibenluft, Ellen ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; LITHIUM; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MASS SCREENING; RISK;

EID: 39149129080     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2007.11.001     Document Type: Review

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