Bipolar symptoms in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A cross-sectional study of 510 clinically diagnosed patients and 417 population-based controls

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-57

  Halmøy, Anne ^a   Halleland, Helene ^a   Dramsdahl, Margaretha ^b   Bergsholm, Per ^a,c   Fasmer, Ole Bernt ^a,b   Haavik, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Helse Førde HF ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449123401     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.08m04722ora     Document Type: Article

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