Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 263-269 , July 2003

Psychosis in bipolar disorder: phenomenology and impact on morbidity and course of illness

  • Paul E Keck Jr

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Paul Keck, Jr., M.D., Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML 559, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0559, USA
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  • Susan L McElroy

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Jennifer Rochussen Havens

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Lori L Altshuler

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Willem A Nolen

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Mark A Frye

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Trisha Suppes

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Kirk D Denicoff

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Ralph Kupka

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Gabrielle S Leverich

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • A.John Rush

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Robert M Post

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Foundation Bipolar Treatment Outcome Network, Cincinnati, OH, USA including the Biological Psychiatry Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; University of California, Los Angeles, Neuropsychiatric Institute and the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the Southwest Medical Center at Dallas, TX; the Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Insitute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD; and the University Medical Center Utrecht, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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☆ Supported by the Stanley Medical Research Institute.

PII: S0010-440X(03)00089-0

doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00089-0

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 263-269 , July 2003

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