Rapid cycling bipolar disorder in individuals with developmental disabilities
By: King, Robert.
Contributor(s): Fay, Garry | Croghan, Patricia.
Series: Mental Retardation 38 (3) 2000: 253-261.Publisher: 2000Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER
| INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | DUAL DIAGNOSIS | MEDICAL TREATMENT | DIAGNOSISSummary: The assessment and treatment of the rapid-cycling variant of bipolar disorder in individuals with developmental disabilities is challenging. In this retrospective series the authors contrast phenomenology, clinical outcomes, treatment responses, and clinical characteristics of 26 people with bipolar disorder and developmental disabilities, 12 with nonrapid cycling courses and 14 with rapid cycling courses. Similarities and differences are highlighted both within these two groups and in reference to published findings for individuals without disabilities.
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The assessment and treatment of the rapid-cycling variant of bipolar disorder in individuals with developmental disabilities is challenging. In this retrospective series the authors contrast phenomenology, clinical outcomes, treatment responses, and clinical characteristics of 26 people with bipolar disorder and developmental disabilities, 12 with nonrapid cycling courses and 14 with rapid cycling courses. Similarities and differences are highlighted both within these two groups and in reference to published findings for individuals without disabilities.
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