Pharmacologic treatments for pediatric bipolar disorder: A review and meta-analysis

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Howard Y ^a   Potter, Mona P ^b   Woodworth, K Yvonne ^c   Yorks, Dayna M ^c   Petty, Carter R ^c   Wozniak, Janet R ^c,d   Faraone, Stephen V ^e   Biederman, Joseph ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; depression; mania; pediatric bipolar disorder; psychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LINSEED OIL; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OXCARBAZEPINE; PLACEBO; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; ZIPRASIDONE;

AGE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLD; DEPRESSION; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENURESIS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; STOMACH PAIN; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRST; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREMOR; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79960835197     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.05.011     Document Type: Review

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