Psychiatric disorders in preschool offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: The Pittsburgh Bipolar Offspring Study (BIOS)

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-330

  Birmaher, Boris ^a   Axelson, David ^a   Goldstein, Benjamin ^a   Monk, Kelly ^a   Kalas, Catherine ^a   Obreja, Mihaela ^a   Hickey, Mary Beth ^a   Iyengar, Satish ^a   Brent, David ^a   Shamseddeen, Wael ^a   Diler, Rasim ^a   Kupfer, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SYMPTOM;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77649097228     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09070977     Document Type: Article

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