Precursors of bipolar disorders: A systematic literature review of prospective studies

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 614-624

  Faedda, Gianni L ^a,b   Marangoni, Ciro ^d   Serra, Giulia ^c,e,f   Salvatore, Paola ^b,c,h   Sani, Gabriele ^c,e,f,g   Vázquez, Gustavo H ^b,i   Tondo, Leonardo ^b,c,e   Girardi, Paolo ^e,f   Baldessarini, Ross J ^b,c   Koukopoulos, Athanasios ^e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^b McLean Hospital   (Australia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e Centro Bini   (Italy)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CYCLOTHYMIA; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-III; DSM-IV; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS;

EID: 84932125692     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: 15552101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.13r08900     Document Type: Article

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