Somatic and cognitive symptoms as indicators of potential endophenotypes in bipolar spectrum disorders: An exploratory and proof-of-concept study comparing bipolar II disorder with recurrent brief depression and healthy controls

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-70

  Lovdahl H ^a,b,c   Boen E ^a,b,d   Malt, E A ^b,e   Malt, U F ^a,b,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Section for Gastroenterology   (Norway)

^d Norwegian Research Network on Mood Disorders NORMOOD   (Norway)

^e AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Endophenotype; Giessener; RBD; Somatic; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADULT; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTAL PARESTHESIA; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY TO SOUND; HYPOMANIA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROSIS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RECURRENT BRIEF DEPRESSION; SMELLING DISORDER; SOMATIC SYMPTOM; SOMATIC SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; SOUND; SPEECH DISORDER; STRANGULATION; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENDOPHENOTYPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84901311241     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.04.056     Document Type: Article

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