| Literature DB >> 19264264 |
Regina Sala1, David Axelson, Boris Birmaher.
Abstract
Pediatric bipolar disorder (BPD) significantly affects the normal emotional, cognitive, and social development. The course of children and adolescents with BPD is manifested by frequent changes in symptoms polarity showing a dimensional continuum of bipolar symptoms severity from subsyndromal to mood syndromes meeting full DSM-IV criteria. Thus, early diagnosis and treatment of pediatric bipolar is of utmost importance.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19264264 PMCID: PMC2713171 DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.11.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am ISSN: 1056-4993