Healio (12/19, Demko) reports, “Observational study findings” published online Dec. 11 in the American Journal of Psychiatry that described “the emergent course of bipolar disorder in high-risk offspring of affected parents revealed that the course of bipolar disorder usually evolves in a progressive clinical sequence.” In addition, the study, which “analyzed the emergent clinical course of bipolar disorder over one to 21 years follow-up in 279 high-risk offspring of affected parents and 87 control patients,” revealed “important predictors of bipolar disorder included childhood sleep and anxiety disorders, clinically significant mood symptoms, and psychotic symptoms in depressive episodes.”
Related Links:
— “Emergent course of bipolar disorder among at-risk offspring develops over time, “Savannah Demko, Healio, December 19, 2018.