Clinical features related to age at onset in bipolar disorder
Journal of Affective DisordersPublished 22 December 2003
Carrie L. Ernst, Joseph F. Goldberg
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Early onset of bipolar illness appears related to the development of rapid cycling and of comorbid substance abuse/dependence, which raises developmental implications for the pathogenesis of illness complexity and poor outcome states.
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Early onset of bipolar illness appears related to the development of rapid cycling and of comorbid substance abuse/dependence. The findings raise developmental implications for the pathogenesis of illness complexity and poor outcome states.
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