Rapid increase in rates of bipolar diagnosis in youth: "True" bipolarity or misdiagnosed severe disruptive behavior disorders?

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-

  Holtmann, Martin ^a   Bölte, Sven ^a   Poustka, Fritz ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LETTER; MOOD DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049112176     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.4.477     Document Type: Letter

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