Neslihan Inal, Cagatay Ermis, Dogukan Koc, Sena Aksoy, Gul Karacetin, Mustafa Tuncturk, Safak Eray, Berna Karabina, Omer Faruk Akca, Dilek Ozgul, Birim Gunay Kilic, Merve Cikili Uytun, Mert Besenek, Canem Kavurma, Oznur Bilac, Cem Gokcen, Zehra Topal, Ipek Percinel Yazıcı, Sermin Yalin Sapmaz, Gonca Ozyurt, Rasim Somer Diler
OBJECTIVE: Pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) is a serious, recurrent disorder leading to severe functional impairment. As a first mood episode, index episode could affect the long-term course of the illness. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of youth with PBD from our multicenter, nationwide, naturalistic follow-up samples and to identify (i) the effects of index mood episode and (ii) the effect of previous antidepressant treatments on the age at mania onset of PBD...
February 2022: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica