Since the mid 1990s, early-onset bipolar spectrum disorders (BPSDs) have received
increased attention in both the popular press and scholarly press. Rates of diagnosis of …

BACKGROUND: Clinical differentiation of bipolar conditions (and especially bipolar II
disorder) from unipolar conditions is not always straightforward. We sought to identify illness …

Objective Bipolar disorder is a multifaceted illness and there is often a substantial delay
between the first onset of symptoms and diagnosis. Early detection has the potential to …

In recent years, increasing numbers of children have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
In some cases, children with unstable mood clearly meet current diagnostic criteria for …

Background A clinical and research challenge is to identify which depressed youth are at
risk of “early transition to bipolar disorders (ET-BD).” This 2-part study (1) examines the …

During the past decade, there has been increasing recognition of the dramatic personal and
societal impact of bipolar disorder I and II (DSM–IV). The estimated disability-adjusted life …

BACKGROUND: Recent research has addressed the issue of subtyping juvenile bipolar
disorder (JBD). Accordingly, we set out to find out, in a naturalistic sample of bipolar children …

Objective: We prospectively investigated a sample of 42 patients with acute and transient
psychotic disorder (ATPD) as defined by the 10th revision of the International Classification …

Children and adolescents with bipolar disorder may have depression as the presenting
mood state. It is important for clinicians to distinguish between unipolar and bipolar …

Background: In the present report deriving from the French national multi-site EPIDEP study,
we focus on the characteristics of Bipolar II (BP-II), divided on the basis of cyclothymic …