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Paediatric bipolar disorder: international comparisons of hospital discharge rates 2000-2010.
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- Expert Rater Agreement for Symptoms and Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder in Youth.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Characterizing Early Childhood Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder.JAACAP open · 2026Article
- Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder and pediatric bipolar disorder: diagnostic and prescribing trends following DSM-5.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Consumers with bipolar disorder presenting to an Australian child and youth mental health service.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Editorial: Getting diagnosis right in child psychiatry: lessons from the pediatric bipolar disorder era.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- 'Pediatric Bipolar Disorder' rates are still lower than claimed: a re-examination of eight epidemiological surveys used by an updated meta-analysis.International journal of bipolar disorders · 2021Article
- Pre-pubertal bipolar disorder: origins and current status of the controversy.International journal of bipolar disorders · 2020Review
- Reflections on: "The diagnosis of bipolar disorder in pre-pubertal children-what was the controversy about and what did we learn as a result?"International journal of bipolar disorders · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundControversy surrounds the diagnosis and prevalence of paediatric bipolar disorder, with estimates varying considerably between countries.
aimsTo determine the international hospital discharge rates for paediatric bipolar disorder compared with all other psychiatric diagnoses.
methodWe used national data-sets from 2000 to 2010 from England, Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Germany.
resultsFor those aged under 20 years, the discharge rates for paediatric bipolar disorder per 100 000 population were: USA 95.6, Australia 11.7, New Zealand 6.3, Germany 1.5 and England 0.9. The most marked divergence in discharge rates was in 5- to 9-year-olds: USA 27, New Zealand 0.22, Australia 0.14, Germany 0.03 and England 0.00.
conclusionsThe disparity between US and other discharge rates for paediatric bipolar disorder is markedly greater than the variation for child psychiatric discharge rates overall, and for adult rates of bipolar disorder. This suggests there may be differing diagnostic practices for paediatric bipolar disorder in the USA. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None. COPYRIGHT AND USAGE: © 2015 The Royal College of Psychiatrists. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
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