Rachel H B Mitchell, Heather Hower, Boris Birmaher, Michael Strober, John Merranko, Brian Rooks, Tina R Goldstein, Jeffrey I Hunt, Daniel P Dickstein, Rasim S Diler, Neal D Ryan, Mary Kay Gill, David Axelson, Martin B Keller, Shirley Yen, Benjamin I Goldstein
OBJECTIVE: Despite substantial literature on sex differences in adults with bipolar disorder (BD), little is known about this topic in youth; this study examines sex differences in mood symptomatology and psychiatric comorbidity in prospectively followed youth with BD. METHODS: A subsample of the Course and Outcome of Bipolar Youth study (N = 370; female n = 199, male n = 171) enrolled October 2000-July 2006 (age at intake = 7-17.11 years) who met DSM-IV criteria for bipolar I disorder (BD-I; n = 221), bipolar II disorder (BD-II; n = 26), or operationalized BD not otherwise specified (BD-NOS; n = 123) with ≥ 4 years follow-up was included...
October 27, 2020: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry