The paediatric bipolar hypothesis: The view from Australia and New Zealand

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 140-147

  Parry, Peter ^a   Furber, Gareth ^a   Allison, Stephen ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Diagnosis; Emotion regulation; Mania; Psychiatric practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ONSET AGE; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHIATRIST; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 69249212455     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2008.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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