Preschool Bipolar Disorder

Preschool bipolar disorder.

Although some empirical work has now been added to the larger body of case material, preschool bipolar disorder (BPD) remains a highly ambiguous diagnostic area. This is notable in the context of the significant progress that has been made in many other areas of psychopathology in the preschool period. While there is a need for well controlled empirical investigations in this area, a small but ...

Controversies regarding bipolar disorder in preschool age: case report.

There is some discussion concerning the phenomenology of pediatric bipolar disorder. This condition is marked by irritability and sudden mood swings, and has no specific diagnostic criteria. Disagreement is even greater for bipolar disorder in preschool age. We report the case of a child of four years and nine months with diagnosis of bipolar disorder not otherwise specified. Predominant sympto...

Defining and validating bipolar disorder in the preschool period.

The clinical characteristics and adaptive functioning of preschoolers who met DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder versus psychiatric and healthy comparison groups were investigated. A community-based sample of 303 preschoolers (3-6 years of age) and their caregivers was ascertained. Diagnostic classification based on parent report of mania symptoms was made using an age-appropriate psychiatric...

Bipolar Disorder 3 Treatment of bipolar disorder

We review recent developments in the acute and long-term treatment of bipolar disorder and identify promising future routes to therapeutic innovation. Overall, advances in drug treatment remain quite modest. Antipsychotic drugs are effective in the acute treatment of mania; their efficacy in the treatment of depression is variable with the clearest evidence for quetiapine. Despite their widespr...

Bipolar Disorder