Polarity at illness onset in bipolar I disorder and clinical course of illness

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-88

  Forty, Liz ^a,b   Jones, Lisa ^b   Jones, Ian ^a,b   Smith, Daniel J ^a   Caesar, Sian ^b   Fraser, Christine ^a   Gordon Smith, Katherine ^a,b   Hyde, Sally ^b   Craddock, Nick ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Bipolar disorder; Depression; Mania; Onset polarity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149513881     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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