AU - Molavi, Parviz AU - Shahrivar, Zahra AU - Mahmoodi Gharaee, Javad AU - Basharpoor, Sajjad AU - Sharghi, Afshan AU - Nikparvar, Fatemeh TI - Short-time Outcome Predictors of Bipolar Disorder Type I in Children and Adolescents PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ijpcp JN - ijpcp VO - 18 VI - 2 IP - 2 4099 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1611-en.html 4100 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-1611-en.pdf SO - ijpcp 2 AB  - Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the three and six month clinical and demographic outcome predictors (recurrence rate, the rate of hospitalization, severity of illness and recovery rates) in a group of children and adolescents with type I bipolar disorders. Method: The participants of this longitudinal and prospective study were 80 children and adolescents admitted in Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran, Iran with a diagnosis of type I bipolar disorder. Consecutive referrals were included in a prospective cohort. The participants were evaluated at admission, discharge, and follow-up at 3 and 6 months, using demographic questionnaire, Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version-Persian Version (K-SADS-PL-PV), Young Mania Rating Scale (Y-MRS), Children Depression Inventory (CDI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Clinical Global Impression (CGI). The Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regressions were used for data analysis. Results: The 6-month follow-up showed that there was a positive correlation between the severity of mania with male gender (p=0.01) and the severity of mania at admission (p=0.04). The rate of recurrence at the 6-month follow-up was correlated (p=0.05, r=0.22) with psychosis at admission. The duration of untreated disorder (p=0.03) had a positive correlation with the severity of global impairment at the 6 month follow-up. Conclusion: This study confirms the role of some demographic and clinical features in predicting the course of disease and response to treatment.  CP - IRAN IN - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, IR. Fax: +9821-55419113 LG - eng PB - ijpcp PG - 128 PT - Original Research YR - 2012