title: A comparison of outcome in adolescent- and later-onset bipolar manic-depressive illness.
abstract: The authors hypothesized that childhood-and adolescent-onset bipolar manic-depressive patients might have a more severe or a different type of affective disorder; early-onset patients were therefore compared with patients whose illness onset was after the age of 45. The results indicate that early age of onset is not a factor in the variable course and prognosis of manic-depressive illness.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000235:genetics / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004243:Divorce; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009679:Nuclear Family; D011379:Prognosis; D012744:Sex Ratio; D013997:Time Factors