Distinguishing Bipolar Disorder From Other Psychiatric Disorders in Children

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Singh, Manpreet K ^a   Ketter, Terence ^a   Chang, Kiki D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Anxiety; Bipolar spectrum; Depression; Mood dysregulation; Pediatric bipolar disorder

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84912569646     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0516-2     Document Type: Review

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