Relationship between suicidality and impulsivity in bipolar I disorder: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-89

  Mahon, Katie ^a,b   Burdick, Katherine E ^c   Wu, Jinghui ^a,b   Ardekani, Babak A ^d   Szeszko, Philip R ^a,b,e  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Impulsivity; MRI; Suicide

Indexed keywords

MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84863167835     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2012.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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