Types of Manic Symptoms Seen in Children

Not all children with bipolar disorder may be getting properly identified because they fall just short of meeting diagnostic criteria for the disorder–criteria that is based on adult experiences–finds a study that examines the characteristics of children and adolescents who have symptoms of mania. The findings, from the first study of its kind to delineate the types of symptoms seen in children with bipolar spectrum disorders, were published today by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in the Archives of General Psychiatry.