title: Affective disorder in adolescence: issues in misdiagnosis.
abstract: This case report describes a young adolescent female with bipolar manic-depressive illness, (MDI), whose behavioral symptomatology was originally attributed to non-affective forms of psychopathology. We review her entire clinical course to date and elucidate several factors that may account for diagnostic error.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium