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01-02-2010 | Book Review

Rasim Somer Diler (ed): Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: A Global Perspective

Nova Biomedical Books, New York, 2007, 231 pp., ISBN: 13 978-1-59454-981-6, $79.00 (Hardcover)

Auteur: Ana Kleinman

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 2/2010

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The diagnosis of bipolar disorder in young children is still controversial and the presentation tends to be atypical when compared with adults. Recently, there has been relative consensus that the childhood form is characterized by rapid cycling, in which multiple cycles occur in the same day (Geller et al. 1995; Luby and Belden 2006). Around 55% of pre-pubertal children with bipolar disorder show a mixed presentation with 77% of them showing rapid cycling continuously for around 3.6 years (Geller et al. 2001). Both long episode duration and daily cycling were reported by different research groups that used various assessment methods providing evidence that these characteristics were not method bound (Axelson et al. 2006; Biederman et al. 2005; Birmaher and Axelson 2006; Findling et al. 2001; Geller et al. 2007, 2008). The controversy is amplified since this picture is opposed to the “classic” bipolar disorder features in adults characterized by circumscribed episodes of mania and depression, with euthymic interepisodes periods. …
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Titel
Rasim Somer Diler (ed): Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: A Global Perspective
Nova Biomedical Books, New York, 2007, 231 pp., ISBN: 13 978-1-59454-981-6, $79.00 (Hardcover)
Auteur
Ana Kleinman
Publicatiedatum
01-02-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 2/2010
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-009-0804-6