ArticleThe British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2011
Prevalence of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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- Screening for Adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the Korean Community Sample: Prevalence and Association with Mood and Sleep Symptoms.Alpha psychiatry · 2021Article
- Not Only Mania or Depression: Mixed States/Mixed Features in Paediatric Bipolar Disorders.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Pre-pubertal bipolar disorder: origins and current status of the controversy.International journal of bipolar disorders · 2020Review
- Methylphenidate and atomoxetine prescribing trends in children in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, 2005-2013.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2018Article
- The comorbidity of ADHD and bipolar disorder: any less confusion?Current psychiatry reports · 2013Review
- Prevalence, clinical presentation and differential diagnosis of pediatric bipolar disorder.The Israel journal of psychiatry and related sciences · 2012Review
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Abstract
backgroundSome research suggests that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a higher than expected risk of bipolar affective disorder. No study has examined the prevalence of bipolar disorder in a UK sample of children with ADHD.
aimsTo examine the prevalence of bipolar disorder in children diagnosed with ADHD or hyperkinetic disorder.
methodPsychopathology symptoms and diagnoses of bipolar disorder were assessed in 200 young people with ADHD (170 male, 30 female; age 6-18 years, mean 11.15, s.d. = 2.95). Rates of current bipolar disorder symptoms and diagnoses are reported. A family history of bipolar disorder in parents and siblings was also recorded.
resultsOnly one child, a 9-year-old boy, met diagnostic criteria for both ICD-10 hypomania and DSM-IV bipolar disorder not otherwise specified.
conclusionsIn a UK sample of children with ADHD a current diagnosis of bipolar disorder was uncommon.
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