Are There Developmentally Limited Forms of Bipolar Disorder?

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-447

  Cicero, David C ^a   Epler, Amee J ^a   Sher, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Midwest Alcoholism Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; developmental psychopathology; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 68949167801     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015919     Document Type: Article

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