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Article: Bipolar Disorder in Childhood and Early Adolescence
- Article from:
- American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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BARBARA GELLER AND MELISSA P. DELBELLO (Eos.): Bipolar Disorder in Childhood and Early Adolescence. Guilford Press, New York, 2003, 342 pp., $36.00, ISBN 1-57230-837-0.
There has been substantial controversy in the mental health field about the existence and diagnostic boundary of childhood (i.e., early-onset) bipolar disorder. Although it is now accepted that symptoms of mania can be manifested in children and adolescents (see National Institute of Mental Health Research Roundtable on Prepubertal Bipolar Disorder, 2001, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 871-878), many questions remain about the diagnosis, natural history, neurobiology, and treatment of ...