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Case Finding, Screening, and Referral

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As indicated in Chaps. 1 and 3, the rates of bipolar diagnoses in children and adolescents are dramatically increasing. However, many individuals report a delay of an appropriate diagnosis, with an average of 7–9 years between the onset of symptoms and a bipolar diagnosis (Faedda, Baldessarini, Glovinsky, & Austin, 2004; Hirschfeld, Lewis, & Vornik, 2003). Unfortunately, bipolar disorder is not often considered initially (i.e., around 10 % of the time), despite recurrent affective symptoms (including mania) and a positive family history of affective and/or substance use disorders (Faedda et al., 2004).

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    The companion properties of positive predictive value and negative predictive value are also important properties in regards to screening; however, they will not be discussed here.

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Hart, S.R., Brock, S.E., Jeltova, I. (2014). Case Finding, Screening, and Referral. In: Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Bipolar Disorder at School. Developmental Psychopathology at School. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7585-9_4

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