Pediatric Bipolar Disorder (PBD) is one of the most common serious disorders among child psychiatry referrals (Geller and Luby, 1997; Wozniak et al., 1995). It is associated with high rates of suicide, school failure, and aggression, as well as high-risk behaviors such as sexual promiscuity and substance abuse (Wilens et al., 1999). High incidence of relapse and low recovery rates are common to the disorder (Geller et al., 2001; Craney and Geller, 2003). PBD is frequently misdiagnosed as attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or anxiety or depression, which often results in inappropriate treatment and worsening of symptoms (Biederman et al., 1999, 2000; DelBello et al., 2001a; Mota—Castillo et al., 2001; Soutullo et al., 2002). While the prevalence of bipolar disorder is estimated to be 1% in the adolescent population (Lewinsohn et al., 1995), there is a lack of solid epidemiological data on the prevalence of bipolar disorder in younger age groups.
Keywords
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Pavuluri, M.N., Naylor, M.W., Sweeney, J.A. (2005). Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. In: Gullotta, T.P., Adams, G.R. (eds) Handbook of Adolescent Behavioral Problems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23846-8_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23846-8_9
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-23845-6
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-23846-3
eBook Packages: Behavioral ScienceBehavioral Science and Psychology (R0)