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Association between lifetime and recent stressful life events and the early course and psychopathology in patients with newly diagnosed bipolar disorder, first-degree unaffected relatives and healthy controls: Cross-sectional results from a prospective study.

Stina Av Kák KollskerKlara CoelloSharleny StanislausSigurd MelbyeHanne Lie KjærstadKimie Stefanie Ormstrup SletvedLars Vedel KessingMaj Vinberg
Published in: Bipolar disorders (2021)
The experience of severe lifetime life events seems to impact the early course in BD in terms of longer diagnostic delay, more severe psychopathology including more admissions and a more than doubled risk for previous suicide attempts.
Keyphrases
  • bipolar disorder
  • newly diagnosed
  • cross sectional
  • early onset
  • major depressive disorder
  • anorexia nervosa
  • drug induced