Phenomenology, longitudinal course, and outcome of children and adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorders

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Apr;18(2):273-89, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.11.002.

Abstract

Pediatric bipolar disorder (BPD) significantly affects the normal emotional, cognitive, and social development. The course of children and adolescents with BPD is manifested by frequent changes in symptoms polarity showing a dimensional continuum of bipolar symptoms severity from subsyndromal to mood syndromes meeting full DSM-IV criteria. Thus, early diagnosis and treatment of pediatric bipolar is of utmost importance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Affect
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / diagnosis
  • Bipolar Disorder* / diagnosis
  • Bipolar Disorder* / epidemiology
  • Bipolar Disorder* / therapy
  • Child
  • Chronic Disease
  • Comorbidity
  • Depressive Disorder / diagnosis
  • Depressive Disorder / epidemiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
  • Disease Progression
  • Goals
  • Humans
  • Psychotic Disorders / diagnosis
  • Psychotic Disorders / epidemiology
  • Recurrence
  • Schizophrenia / diagnosis
  • Schizophrenia / epidemiology
  • Self Concept
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome