Higher socioeconomic status and less parental psychopathology improve prognosis in youths with bipolar disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To identify prospectively ascertained individual and family factors that are associated with improvement in Bipolar Disorder (BD) among youths who initially presented with poor course.

Methods

82 youths with BD with persistent poor mood symptomatology ("predominantly ill course") were compared to 70 youths with BD who at intake had poor course, but showed improvement during the follow-up ("ill with improving course"), (ages 12.3 ± 3.3, vs. 11.7 ± 3.3 years old, at intake). Improvement was measured by the percentage of time euthymic during a mean follow-up of 12.8 years. Youths and parents were interviewed to assess psychopathology, functioning, treatment, and familial functioning and psychopathology.

Results

Compared to the ill group, since intake, the impr

SUBMITTER: Diler RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8857063 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature