Related mental health conditions Bipolar disorder can be tricky to diagnose because it shares symptoms with other common mental health conditions. Additionally, children with bipolar disorder may have ...

Is bipolar disorder in children possible? Most of what I've read says bipolar disorder develops in adults. Answer From Daniel K. Hall-Flavin, M.D. Bipolar disorder in children is possible. It's most ...

Does your child display excessive emotional changes? Outbursts of anger, excitability, anxiety or rage, followed by periods of depression and despondency? These mood swings can be the first ...

CHICAGO – Experts are questioning whether the recent surge in bipolar disorder diagnoses in children is an accurate reflection. Estimates suggest that approximately 1 million U.S. children are bipolar ...

Jason, an energetic but feisty client of mine, wore the word bipolar on his sleeve. He had virtually every symptom of the disorder and struggled to keep his adolescent life together. One problem that ...

ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, or Both? Linda Jo Volness, MS, RN, is a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist who is board certified in child, adolescent, and adult mental illness. At Quality of Life in Fargo ...

All those with bipolar disorder experience mood swings that alternate from periods of severe highs (mania) to severe lows (depression). However, while these abnormally intense moods usually last for ...

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Bipolar disorder is usually discussed as a condition that first appears in late adolescence or early adulthood. Yet, for a small but significant number of young people, the illness begins far earlier.

Since the mid-1990s, the number of children diagnosed with bipolar disorder has increased a staggering 4,000 percent. But some psychiatrists have... Children Labeled 'Bipolar' May Get A New Diagnosis ...

Children born to parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology than children born to parents without these conditions. The corresponding study as ...