Phenomenology, Longitudinal Course, and Outcome of Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-289

  Sala, Regina ^a   Axelson, David ^a   Birmaher, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequences; Diagnosis; Mood symptomatology; Rate of conversion; Recovery and recurrence

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STEROID;

ANGER; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRACTIBILITY; EUPHORIA; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; INTERMITTENT EXPLOSIVE DISORDER; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOOD DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SPEECH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GOALS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60949095212     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.11.002     Document Type: Review

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