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The perceived social support of parents having bipolar disorder impacts their children's mental health: a 10-year longitudinal study

Author(s): Trespalacios F; Boyle A; Serravalle L; Hodgins S; Ellenbogen MA;

Background: The offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (OBD) are at higher risk of developing psychopathology than the offspring of parents with no affective disorder (control). In addition to genetic predisposition, childhood adversity and a stressful family environment are important risk factors for the OBD. Protective factors in parents, such as so ...

Article GUID: 39066987

A comprehensive assessment of personality traits and psychosocial functioning in parents with bipolar disorder and their intimate partners

Author(s): Serravalle L; Iacono V; Hodgins S; Ellenbogen MA;

Background: Individuals with bipolar disorder (BD) often possess maladaptive traits and present with various difficulties in psychosocial functioning. However, little is known about the intimate partners of adults with bipolar disorder (BD) and how mental illnesses other than BD within couples may further complicate the picture. Such knowledge is needed t ...

Article GUID: 32037491

Daytime cortisol and stress reactivity in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder.

Author(s): Ellenbogen MA, Hodgins S, Walker CD, Couture S, Adam S

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2006 Nov;31(10):1164-80 Authors: Ellenbogen MA, Hodgins S, Walker CD, Couture S, Adam S

Article GUID: 17055665

Chronic stress and stressful life events in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder.

Author(s): Ostiguy CS, Ellenbogen MA, Linnen AM, Walker EF, Hammen C, Hodgins S

J Affect Disord. 2009 Apr;114(1-3):74-84 Authors: Ostiguy CS, Ellenbogen MA, Linnen AM, Walker EF, Hammen C, Hodgins S

Article GUID: 18814916

Structure provided by parents in middle childhood predicts cortisol reactivity in adolescence among the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder and controls.

Author(s): Ellenbogen MA, Hodgins S

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009 Jun;34(5):773-85 Authors: Ellenbogen MA, Hodgins S

Article GUID: 19193493

High cortisol levels in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder during two weeks of daily sampling.

Author(s): Ellenbogen MA, Santo JB, Linnen AM, Walker CD, Hodgins S

Bipolar Disord. 2010 Feb;12(1):77-86 Authors: Ellenbogen MA, Santo JB, Linnen AM, Walker CD, Hodgins S

Article GUID: 20148869

Elevated daytime cortisol levels: a biomarker of subsequent major affective disorder?

Author(s): Ellenbogen MA, Hodgins S, Linnen AM, Ostiguy CS

J Affect Disord. 2011 Jul;132(1-2):265-9 Authors: Ellenbogen MA, Hodgins S, Linnen AM, Ostiguy CS

Article GUID: 21329985

Sensitivity to stress among the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: a study of daytime cortisol levels.

Author(s): Ostiguy CS, Ellenbogen MA, Walker CD, Walker EF, Hodgins S

Psychol Med. 2011 Nov;41(11):2447-57 Authors: Ostiguy CS, Ellenbogen MA, Walker CD, Walker EF, Hodgins S

Article GUID: 21524333

Salivary cortisol and interpersonal functioning: an event-contingent recording study in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder.

Author(s): Ellenbogen MA, Linnen AM, Santo JB, aan het Rot M, Hodgins S, Young SN

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Jul;38(7):997-1006 Authors: Ellenbogen MA, Linnen AM, Santo JB, aan het Rot M, Hodgins S, Young SN

Article GUID: 23131593

Personality, coping, risky behavior, and mental disorders in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: a comprehensive psychosocial assessment.

Author(s): Nijjar R, Ellenbogen MA, Hodgins S

J Affect Disord. 2014 Sep;166:315-23 Authors: Nijjar R, Ellenbogen MA, Hodgins S

Article GUID: 25012447

Sexual Risk Behaviors in the Adolescent Offspring of Parents with Bipolar Disorder: Prospective Associations with Parents' Personality and Externalizing Behavior in Childhood.