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Bipolar disorder in children and adolecents: a clinical reality?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

C.G. Reichart ,
W.A. Nolen ,
M. Wals  and
M.H.J. Hillegers
C.G. Reichart*
Affiliation:
Academic Hospital Rotterdam-Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
W.A. Nolen
Affiliation:
The University Medical Centre Utrecht, Department of Psychiatry, Utrecht, The Netherlands Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
M. Wals
Affiliation:
Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
M.H.J. Hillegers
Affiliation:
Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
*
Afdeling Psychiatrie, adolescentenkliniek, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Tel. +31-10-463455, Fax +31-10-4633217, E-mail reichart@psyd.azr.nl
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Abstract

The appearance, the differential diagnosis and the prevalence of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents is discussed. Among adolescents bipolar disorder appears to have a similar prevalence in the US and The Netherlands. However, among children it is frequently diagnosed in the US and hardly in The Netherlands. It is concluded that bipolar disorder tends to start earlier in the US than in the Netherlands. It is hypothesized that this may be related to a higher use of stimulants and antidepressants by US children diagnosed as ADHD or depression, respectively.

Keywords

bipolar disorderchildrenadolescentsprevalencestimulants

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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 2000 , pp. 132 - 135
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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