Mood episodes and mood disorders: Patterns of incidence and conversion in the first three decades of life

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 637-649

  Beesdo, Katja ^a   Höfler, Michael ^a   Leibenluft, Ellen ^b   Lieb, Roselind ^c,d   Bauer, Michael ^e   Pfennig, Andrea ^a,e  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Community study; Conversion; Epidemiology; Mood episode

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIA; MOOD CHANGE; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNIPOLAR HYPOMANIA; UNIPOLAR MANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749120842     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2009.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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