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Bipolar disorder in children and adolescents

Bipolar disorder can occur in children and adolescents has been studied and federally funded teams in children as young as six years. Although once thought rare, the incidence of patients examined for the study funded by the federal government has shown that about seven percent of children treated in psychiatric facilities in the form of bipolar disorder research standards.

Symptoms of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents

A major challenge is to differentiate children with mania from those with hyperactivity disorder attention deficit. The two groups of children to anger, hyperactivity, inattention e. These symptoms are not useful for the diagnosis of mania because they also occur in ADHD. But the good mood, grandiose behaviors, flight of ideas, decreased need for sleep and hypersexuality occur primarily in mania and are rarely found in ADHD. A brief description of how to recognize specific symptoms of mania in children.

Happy Child can laugh hysterically and act contagious happy for no reason at home, at school or church. If someone does not know that they can observe their behavior, they believe the child on his / trip to Disneyland. Parents and teachers often see this as “Jim Carey-like” behavior.

Behavior of large, when kids act like the rules do not apply to them. For example, they believe they are so smart that it can be said that teachers teach, tell other students what to learn and teachers to call the principal to complain, they do not like. Some children think they can do superhuman things (such as Superman), without serious injury, such as “fly” the window.

Flight of ideas, when children jump from one subject to another in quick succession when you say, not just when a particular event.

Decreased need for sleep seems that children who sleep 4-6 hours and not be tired the next day. These children can stay and play equipment and furniture to arrange things or reorganization.

Hypersexuality can occur in children with mania, with no signs of physical or sexual abuse. These children act flirtatious beyond their years, may try to touch the private areas of adults (including teachers), and using sexually explicit language. In addition, the most common for children with mania to have multiple cycles during the day with a great vertigo, depression stupid black, dark suicide. It is very important to consider the cycle of disasters due to the risk of suicide.

Care, psychosocial care and effective treatment

Research continues in some of the best ways to help children, but even the scientific evidence for physicians to use their best judgments about how to manage the use of drugs that are effective in adults. This is mainly three main types of drugs – lithium, anticonvulsants (eg, products or Depakote, valproate) and antipsychotics (eg risperidone, olanzapine, ziprasidone, aripiprazole, quetiapine).

Side effects – even those who can not occur in young people.

Side effects are very annoying and bad for children are as follows. Atypical neuroleptics (except aripiprazloe) associated with weight gain is typical of many children. One day we hope that the specific genetic tests, which show that before a person gains weight of these drugs. But now it is trial and error. These dangers are problems with the weight of glucose, which may include blood lipids and diabetes, which can aggravate heart problems and stroke in adulthood. In addition, these drugs can cause a condition called tardive dyskinesia, an irreversible, unsightly, repeated movements of the mouth or tongue and cheek, and several other traffic violations. Depakote may also be associated with weight gain, and perhaps a disease called polycystic ovary syndrome (POS). In some cases, the POS associated with infertility in adulthood.

Lithium has long been the market and is the only drug that has proven effective against future episodes of mania and depression and suicide. Some people who take lithium for a period of time it will take extra thyroid and in rare cases may develop severe kidney disease.

It is very important that children in care were observed for the development of serious side effects. Side effects must be weighed against the dangers of manic depression itself.

Currently, the threshold for children and young people, unfortunately, is probably the most severe disease and a longer recovery seen with adults. Although some adults may have episodes of mania and depression, improved functioning between episodes, children seem to illness lasts for months and years.

Impact on academic performance

It is difficult to educate a child who is too serious “high” or too “low.” Therefore, teachers should be aware of their diagnosis and taking special measures.

Risk of suicide

Any discussion about wanting to die, or why they have been born wanting to be taken seriously, as even very young children can hang in the shower suicides, total shooting or other means.

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