The clinical trajectory of emerging bipolar disorder among the high-risk offspring of bipolar parents: current understanding and future considerations

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Duffy, A ^a   Vandeleur, C ^b   Heffer, N ^c   Preisig, M ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antecedents; Bipolar disorder; Early course; High risk; Illness trajectory; Offspring; Stages

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC LINKAGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW;

EID: 85053483783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21947511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40345-017-0106-4     Document Type: Review

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