Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 7 , Pages 730-739 , July 2009

Irritability Without Elation in a Large Bipolar Youth Sample: Frequency and Clinical Description

,Accepted 11 March 2009.

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 This work was supported by grants MH59929 (B.B.), MH59977 (M.S.), and MH59691 (M.K.) from the National Institute of Mental Health.This paper is dedicated to Henrietta Leonard, M.D.The authors thank Mei Yang, M.S., and Robert Stout, Ph.D, for statistical expertise. The authors also thank Carol Kostek and Edith Nottelmann, Ph.D., for support, as well as the past and current Course and Outcome of Bipolar Illness in Youth raters: Mathew Arruda, BA.; Amy Broz, A.S.; Jennifer Fretwell, B.A.; Colleen Grimm, BA.; Risha Henry, Ph.D.; Heather Hower, M.S.W.; Norman Kim, Ph.D.; Marguerite Lee, B.S.; Stephanie Pincince, B.A.; Nadia Olszanski, BA.; Nicole Ryan, B.A.; Jeff Ryan, BA.; Heather Schwickrath, MA.; and Andrea Wo ford, B.A.

PII: S0890-8567(09)60110-6

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181a565db

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 7 , Pages 730-739 , July 2009

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