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Bipolar disorder in children and teens.

Publication: Clinical Reference Systems
Publication Date: 01-NOV-06 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Bipolar disorder in children and teens.(Behavioral Health Advisor 2006)(Disease/Disorder overview)

Article Excerpt
What is bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness. Children with this disorder have very strong changes in mood and behavior. These moods happen more often and are far more severe than typical for children their age. Bipolar disorder used to be called manic-depressive illness.

How does it occur?

The causes of the disorder are unclear. BPD runs in families. If parents have bipolar disorder or depression, children are more likely to have it.

A first episode of mania or depression may be triggered by a death in the family, parents divorcing, breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend, or other traumatic events. However, often BPD begins with no specific event.

What are the symptoms?

BPD is different in children and teens than in adults. In adults there are often clear episodes of mania or depression that last a week or longer. In the manic phase the person has very high energy and may do wild, reckless things. This phase is often followed by depression.

In children and teens, the phases are less distinct and the changes between them may be more rapid. Depressed children are more likely to be irritable,...

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