Classifying Mood Symptom Trajectories in Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder

The Course and Outcome of Bipolar Youth study (Birmaher and colleagues) found that children and adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorders followed one of four distinct mood trajectories over 8 years of follow-up, with as many as 25% showing a predominantly euthymic course. We evaluated whether similar patterns of illness course are observed in adolescents with bipolar I and II disorder who participated in a 2-year clinical trial.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: New Research Source Type: research