Citation

Rucklidge JJ. Bipolar Disord. 2008; 10(1): 56-66.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. julia.rucklidge@canterbury.ac.nz

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00533.x

PMID

18199242

Abstract

Using retrospective parent report, a cluster of prodromal psychiatric symptoms specific to BD was not identified, which both questions the utility of a widely used yet unvalidated clinical scale and encourages caution when interpreting information collected via retrospective checklists. Although these data suggest that the presence of prodromal non-specific psychiatric symptoms flags a more global risk for psychopathology, significant limitations exist when using retrospective report and, as such, further prospective research is required to investigate the progression of psychiatric symptoms across childhood disorders.

Language: en