The impact of age at onset of bipolar I disorder on functioning and clinical presentation

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 191-196

  Biffin, Frances ^a,g   Tahtalian, Steven ^a   Filia, Kate ^a   Fitzgerald, Paul B ^a   De Castella, Anthony R ^a   Filia, Sacha ^a   Berk, Michael ^b,e,f   Dodd, Seetal ^b   Callaly, Pam ^b   Berk, Lesley ^b   Kelin, Katarina ^c   Smith, Meg ^d   Montgomery, William ^c   Kulkarni, Jayashri ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ELI LILLY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ORYGEN RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^f FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^g ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Mania; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

EID: 69049101208     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2009.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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