Early detection and intervention in bipolar affective disorder: Targeting the development of the disorder

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 493-499

  Howes, Oliver D ^a   Falkenberg, Irina ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

At risk; Bipolar affective disorder; Depression; Development; Early detection; Early intervention; High risk; Hypomania; Mania; Prevention; Prodrome; Secondary disability

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYCLOTHYMIA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY THERAPY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; IRRITABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855896342     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0229-8     Document Type: Article

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