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Bipolar depression in children and adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2013

Melissa S. DeFilippis  and
Karen Dineen Wagner
Melissa S. DeFilippis*
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Karen Dineen Wagner
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
*
*Address for correspondence: Melissa S. DeFilippis, MD, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-0188, USA. (Email msdefili@utmb.edu)
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Abstract

Children and adolescents with bipolar disorder may have depression as the presenting mood state. It is important for clinicians to distinguish between unipolar and bipolar depression in youth. Depressive episodes are common during the course of bipolar illness in children and adolescents. Evidence-based treatments are needed to guide clinicians’ treatment decisions for youth with bipolar depression. This article reviews the prevalence, diagnosis, course, and treatment of bipolar depression in youth, and emphasizes the need for large, controlled treatment studies in the pediatric population.

Keywords

Bipolar disorderdepressionchildrenadolescents
Type
Review Articles
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 209 - 213
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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