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Citation

Baldessarini RJ, Tondo L, Vazquez GH, Undurraga J, Bolzani L, Yildiz A, Khalsa HM, Lai M, Lepri B, Lolich M, Maffei PM, Salvatore P, Faedda GL, Vieta E, Mauricio T. World Psychiatry 2012; 11(1): 40-46.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, World Psychiatric Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1016/j.wpsyc.2012.01.006

PMID

22295008

PMCID

PMC3266753

Abstract

Early onset in bipolar disorder (BPD) has been associated with greater familial risk and unfavorable clinical outcomes. We pooled data from seven international centers to analyze the relationships of family history and symptomatic as well as functional measures of adult morbidity to onset age, or onset in childhood (age <12), adolescence (12-18), or adulthood (19-55 years). In 1,665 adult, DSM-IV BPD-I patients, onset was 5% in childhood, 28% in adolescence, and 53% at peak ages 15-25. Adolescent and adult onset did not differ by symptomatic morbidity (episodes/year, percentage of months ill, co-morbidity, hospitalization, suicide attempts) or family history. Indications of favorable adult functional outcomes (employment, living independently, marriage and children, and a composite measure including education) ranked, by onset: adult > adolescent > child. Onset in childhood versus adolescence had more episodes/year and more psychiatric co-morbidity. Family history was most prevalent with childhood onset, similar over onset ages 12-40 years, and fell sharply thereafter. Multivariate modeling sustained the impression that family history and poor functional, but not symptomatic, outcomes were associated with younger, especially childhood onset. Early onset was more related to poor functional outcomes than greater symptomatic morbidity, with least favorable outcomes and greater family history with childhood onset.


Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; child; female; male; Morbidity; adolescence; Bipolar disorder; suicidal ideation; prevalence; adulthood; hospitalization; bipolar depression; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; morbidity; Outcome; article; major clinical study; marriage; school child; functional assessment; priority journal; family history; employment; onset age; outcome assessment; Age at onset; familial disease; Adult functional status

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