How Do You Treat Pediatric Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar Disorder, also referred to as Manic Depression, is a condition that is manifest with extreme changes in mood, behavior, energy, and thinking. Until recent years, diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder was rarely made during childhood due, in part, to the mistaken notion that Bipolar could not appear until late adolescence or adulthood. Doctors now diagnose and treat Pediatric Bipolar Disorder in young children. There are some indications that it can be recognized in infancy. It is theorized that many children currently diagnosed with ADHD and Conduct Disorders are misdiagnosed and actually suffer from Pediatric Bipolar Disorder or have co-occurring Bipolar. Watch for symptoms of Bipolar Disorder. In young children these symptoms may present differently than in adults. While a diagnosis in adults requires marked periods of both mania and depression, children often have rapidly cycling mood shifts that cause a state of irritability with few periods of wellness. In 70% of children with thi
