Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 132-138 , March 2011

Recognizing mania in children and adolescents—age does not matter, but decreased need for sleep does

  • Thomas D. Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
    • Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Tübingen, Christophstr. 2, 72072 Tübingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Tel.: +44 0 191 222 8967; fax: +44 0 191 222 7520.
    • ,
  • Kristina Fuhr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Tübingen, Christophstr. 2, 72072 Tübingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Martin Hautzinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Tübingen, Christophstr. 2, 72072 Tübingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Angelika A. Schlarb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Tübingen, Christophstr. 2, 72072 Tübingen, Germany

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.06.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 132-138 , March 2011

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