Is bipolar always bipolar? Understanding the controversy on bipolar disorder in children

F1000Prime Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Grimmer, Yvonne ^a   Hohmann, Sarah ^a   Poustka, Luise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANGER; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MANIA; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; ONSET AGE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOEDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84914817881     PISSN: 20517599     EISSN: 20517599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12703/P6-111     Document Type: Article

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