More stressors prior to and during the course of bipolar illness in patients from the United States compared with the Netherlands and Germany

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 880-886

  Post, Robert M ^a,b   Altshuler, Lori ^c   Leverich, Gabriele ^b   Nolen, Willem ^d   Kupka, Ralph ^e   Grunze, Heinz ^f   Frye, Mark ^g   Suppes, Trisha ^h   McElroy, Sue ⁱ   Keck, Paul ⁱ   Rowe, Mike ^j  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bipolar Collaborative Network   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Biostatistician   (United States)

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Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Childhood adversity; Psychosocial stress; Social support; Substance abuse disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL HOSTILITY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888289883     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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