Predicting Personalized Risk of Mood Recurrences in  Youths and Young Adults With Bipolar Spectrum Disorder

With each recurrence the prognosis of bipolar disorder (BD) worsens, indicating the need to identify the factors associated with increased recurrence risk. The course of BD is heterogenous and although risk factors for recurrence for the group as a whole have been reported in the literature, identification of risk factors for a specific individual are crucial for developing personalized treatments.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - January 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Boris Birmaher, John A. Merranko, Mary Kay Gill, Danella Hafeman, Tina Goldstein, Benjamin Goldstein, Heather Hower, Michael Strober, David Axelson, Neal Ryan, Shirley Yen, Rasim Diler, Satish Iyengar, Michael W. Kattan, Lauren Weinstock, Martin Keller Tags: New research Source Type: research