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Evidence that bipolar disorder is the poor outcome fraction of a common developmental phenotype: an 8-year cohort study in young people.
Psychological medicine - 1 Feb 2010
Tijssen M J A, van Os J, Wittchen H-U, Lieb R, Beesdo K, Mengelers R, Krabbendam L, Wichers M
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BACKGROUND: Reported rates of bipolar syndromes are highly variable between studies because of age differences, differences in diagnostic criteria, or restriction of sampling to clinical contacts. METHOD: In 1395 adolescents aged 14-17 years, DSM-IV (hypo)manic episodes (manic and hypomanic episodes combined), use of mental health care, and five ordinal subcategories representing the underlying continuous score...
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