Differentiating bipolar disorder-not otherwise specified and severe mood dysregulation

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 466-481

  Towbin, Kenneth ^a   Axelson, David ^b   Leibenluft, Ellen ^a   Birmaher, Boris ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; bipolar disorder not otherwise specified; irritability; severe mood dysregulation

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ANGER; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONICITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYCLOTHYMIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-5; DSM-IV; DSM-IV-TR; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; IRRITABILITY; LOGORRHEA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84876805861     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.02.006     Document Type: Review

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