Age at menarche predicts age at onset of major affective and anxiety disorders

European Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue , 2017, Pages 80-85

  Tondo, L ^a,c   Pinna, M ^c   Serra, G ^a,d,e   De Chiara, L ^d   Baldessarini, R J ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Centro Lucio Bini   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bipolar disorders; Major depression; Menarche; Onset age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CHILD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIRST-DEGREE RELATIVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENARCHE; ONLY CHILD; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SARDINIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUSALITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUSALITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006488896     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.08.001     Document Type: Article

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