The significance of at-risk or prodromal symptoms for bipolar i disorder in children and adolescents

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-31

  Hauser, Marta ^a,b,c   Correll, Christoph U ^a,b,d  

^a ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bipolar disorder; Children; Early identification; Mania; Prevention; Prodrome; Risk; Subsyndromal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENDOPHENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; PROGENY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW;

EID: 84873025474     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371305800106     Document Type: Review

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