Adolescent versus adult onset of mania.
Patients with adolescent-onset mania at a long-term treatment facility presented with more psychotic symptoms and greater chronicity than adult-onset manic patients. However, the long-term (15-year) outcome of the 35 adolescent-onset patients was comparable to or better than that of the 31 adult-onset patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care