Improving early recognition and intervention in people at increased risk for the development of bipolar disorder: study protocol of a prospective-longitudinal, naturalistic cohort study (Early-BipoLife)

Abstract Background Bipolar disorders (BD) belong to the most severe mental disorders, characterized by an early onset and recurrent, severe episodes or a chronic course with poor psychosocial functioning in a proportion of patients. Many patients with BD experience substantial symptomatology months...

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Main Authors: Andrea Pfennig, Karolina Leopold, Julia Martini, Anne Boehme, Martin Lambert, Thomas Stamm, Felix Bermpohl, Andreas Reif, Sarah Kittel-Schneider, Georg Juckel, Andreas J. Fallgatter, Tilo Kircher, Andreas Jansen, Steffi Pfeiffer, Christina Berndt, Maren Rottmann-Wolf, Cathrin Sauer, Philipp Ritter, Christoph U. Correll, Andreas Bechdolf, Irina Falkenberg, Michael Bauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40345-020-00183-4