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 ...

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Children with severe developmental disabilities are frequently misdiagnosed as having bipolar disorder. These disabilities may include autism, genetic disorders affecting the brain, and intellectual ...

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 ...

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 ...

A multicenter study of young patients with bipolar disorder provides what may be the most scientifically rigorous demonstration to date that lithium -- a drug used successfully for decades to treat ...

Is your child often irritable or prone to temper outbursts? Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, clarifies the distinctions between bipolar disorder and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When bipolar disorder arises in childhood, it may take far longer to diagnose and have a worse prognosis, a new study suggests. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness marked ...

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 ...

Bipolar disorder exists on a spectrum rather than as a single, uniform condition. This fundamental characteristic explains why two people with the same diagnosis can experience dramatically different ...