OBJECTIVE: A growing body of literature has documented pediatric bipolar disorder to be a
severely impairing form of psychopathology. However, concerns remain as to the …

Rationale Pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) is a chronic and debilitating psychiatric illness. It
is associated with many short-term and long-term complications including poor academic …

Bipolar disorder is being diagnosed with increasing frequency in the pediatric population as
the phenomenology of this disorder is becoming more clearly delineated. Early diagnosis …

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a recurrent and severe illness characterized by substantial
symptomatic burden, comorbidity, functional impairment, and suicide risk. 1–5 Childonset …

Depression in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder is more commonly observed
than mania or hypomania, and is associated with significant functional disability in multiple …

Pediatric bipolar disorder is commonly mixed with co-occurring symptoms of major
depression and mania. Knowledge has begun to accumulate on the treatment of the mania …

During recent years there has been a dramatic increase in the use of psychotropic
medication for the treatment of bipolar disorder (BPD) in children. There is an emerging set …

Aim To review the diagnosis and the pharmacologic and psychosocial interventions for
pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD). Methods A comprehensive literature review of studies …

Pediatric bipolar disorder is a serious disorder that seriously disrupts the lives of children
and adolescents [1, 2]. Children and adolescents with a bipolar disorder have significantly …

Bipolar disorder (BD) is characterized by pathological changes in mood as well as recurring
episodes of mania, hypomania, depression and mixed symptoms. In recent years, the …