Verbal abuse, like physical and sexual abuse, in childhood is associated with an earlier onset and more difficult course of bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 323-330

  Post, Robert M ^a,b   Altshuler, Lori L ^c   Kupka, Ralph ^d   Mcelroy, Susan L ^e,f   Frye, Mark A ^g   Rowe, Michael ^b   Leverich, Gabriele S ^b   Grunze, Heinz ^h   Suppes, Trisha ⁱ   Keck, Paul E ^e,f   Nolen, Willem A ^j  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Bipolar Collaborative Network   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Linder Center of Hope   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Comorbidities; Early onset bipolar disorder; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL HOSTILITY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGE OF ONSET; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84928162277     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12268     Document Type: Article

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