Objective: To assess patient characteristics and clinician-rated outcomes for children
diagnosed with early-onset bipolar disorder in comparison to a depressive disorders cohort …

TOPIC: Pediatric bipolar disorder can cause severe disturbances in global functioning.
Diagnosing pediatric bipolar disorder is challenging due to the range of symptom …

Objective: Despite its common onset in preschool years, few studies have examined the
characteristics of bipolar disorder (BPD) in preschoolers. This study reports on the clinical …

Early-onset BPD appears to have a more severe course and more comorbidity than later life
onset, as well as longer delays in treatment seeking. Affected children show differences in …

Background: This study on a large sample of unselected, consecutive children and
adolescents referred to a third-level hospital who received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder …

Despite the high prevalence rate, there have been relatively few controlled studies to
systematically examine pharmacological treatments for children and adolescents with …

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 …

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 …

Geller B, Tillman R, Bolhofner K, Zimerman B. Pharmacological and non‐drug treatment of
child bipolar I disorder during prospective eight‐year follow‐up. Bipolar Disord 2010: 12 …

Pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) is a chronic and disabling illness leading to serious
disruption in the lives of children and adolescents with this condition. 1 Children and …