Development of emotion regulation in children of bipolar parents: Putative contributions of socioemotional and familial risk factors

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-186

  Muralidharan, Anjana ^a   Yoo, Daniel ^a   Ritschel, Lorie A ^b   Simeonova, Diana I ^b   Craighead, W Edward ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar parents; Family risk factors; Mood disorders; Socioemotional cue processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956636094     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2010.01209.x     Document Type: Review

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