Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 126, Issue 1 , Pages 88-95 , October 2010

Pre-morbid and outcome correlates of first episode mania with psychosis: Is a distinction between schizoaffective and bipolar I disorder valid in the early phase of psychotic disorders?

  • Philippe Conus

      Affiliations

    • Treatment and early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP), Département de Psychiatrie CHUV, Université de Lausanne, Clinique de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Switzerland
    • Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Treatment and early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP), Département Psychiatrie CHUV, Université Lausanne, Clinique de Cery, 1008 Prilly, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 21 643 61 11; fax: +41 21 643 64 69.
    • ,
  • Amal Abdel-Baki

      Affiliations

    • Clinique JAP, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Susy Harrigan

      Affiliations

    • Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
    • ,
  • Martin Lambert

      Affiliations

    • Psychosis Early Detection and Intervention Centre (PEDIC), Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
    • ,
  • Patrick D. McGorry

      Affiliations

    • Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
    • ,
  • Michael Berk

      Affiliations

    • Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
    • Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Australia
    • Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Australia

Received 12 November 2009 ,Revised 8 April 2010 ,Accepted 9 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.04.001

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 126, Issue 1 , Pages 88-95 , October 2010

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