Beyond genetics: Childhood affective trauma in bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 867-876

  Etain, Bruno ^a,b   Henry, Chantal ^a,b   Bellivier, Frank ^a,b,c   Mathieu, Flavie ^a   Leboyer, Marion ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Affective dimension; Bipolar disorder; Childhood trauma; Emotional abuse; Genetics

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDLINE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 56349140016     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00635.x     Document Type: Review

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