Objective: To find, review, and critically evaluate evidence pertaining to the phenomenology
of pediatric bipolar disorder and its validity as a diagnosis. Methods: The present qualitative …

Background: Specific features and diagnostic boundaries of childhood bipolar disorder (BD)
remain controversial, and its differentiation from other disorders challenging, owing to high …

OBJECTIVE: To review the literature of the past decade covering the epidemiology, clinical
characteristics, assessment, longitudinal course, biological and psychosocial correlates, and …

The diagnosis of bipolar mood disorder (BP) in preadolescents (pediatric mania) has
generated considerable controversy in terms of its estimated prevalence and validity as a …

This review addresses the phenomenology of mania/bipolar disorder from a developmental
psychopathology perspective and uses cases with longitudinal information to illustrate major …

There have been radical changes in our scientific understanding and clinical practices
around the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. Whereas the condition …

Objectives Over the past two decades, there has been tremendous growth in research
regarding bipolar disorder (BD) among children and adolescents (ie, pediatric BD [PBD]) …

Prevalence, Clinical Presentation, and Differential Diagnosis of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder - PMC
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This article outlines a provisional evidence-based approach to the assessment of pediatric
bipolar disorder (PBD). Public attention to PBD and the rate of diagnosis have both …

Objective To provide a review of the epidemiology, phenomenology, natural course,
comorbidity, neurobiology, and treatment of child and adolescent bipolar disorder (BP) for …