Biological Psychiatry
Volume 60, Issue 9 , Pages 991-997 , 1 November 2006

Prevalence, Clinical Correlates, and Longitudinal Course of Severe Mood Dysregulation in Children

  • Melissa A. Brotman

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Melissa A. Brotman, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, 15K North Drive, Room 208, Bethesda, MD 20892
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  • Mariana Schmajuk

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Brendan A. Rich

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Daniel P. Dickstein

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Amanda E. Guyer

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • E. Jane Costello

      Affiliations

    • Developmental Epidemiology Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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  • Helen L. Egger

      Affiliations

    • Developmental Epidemiology Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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  • Adrian Angold

      Affiliations

    • Developmental Epidemiology Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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  • Daniel S. Pine

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • Ellen Leibenluft

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland

Received 20 December 2005 ,Revised 9 June 2006 ,Accepted 31 August 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.08.042

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 60, Issue 9 , Pages 991-997 , 1 November 2006

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