Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 118, Issue 1 , Pages 28-38 , November 2009

Fear of harm, a possible phenotype of pediatric bipolar disorder: A dimensional approach to diagnosis for genotyping psychiatric syndromes

  • Demitri Papolos

      Affiliations

    • Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, 22 Crescent Road, Westport, CT 06880, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, 22 Crescent Road, Westport, CT 06880, United States. Tel.: +1 203 246 1939; fax: +1 203 341 0496.
    • ,
  • Steven Mattis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Weill-Cornell Medical Center, United States
    • Mattis & Luck Center for Neuropsychological Services, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Weil-Cornell Medical School, New York, United States
    • ,
  • Shahrokh Golshan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, United States
    • ,
  • Francine Molay

      Affiliations

    • Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, 22 Crescent Road, Westport, CT 06880, United States

Received 6 January 2009 ,Revised 9 June 2009 ,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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