A 5-year-old boy with recurrent mania successfully treated with carbamazepine.
In the present paper the clinical symptomatology and treatment of childhood mania that was first seen in a child at 5 years of age and which re-emerged at age 7, is reported. The patient presented at the child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient clinic of Istanbul Medical University with the typical symptoms of mania such of hyperactivity, euphoria, irritability, dangerous and risky behavior, decreased sleep, and age-inappropriate sexual behavior. He was treated with carbamazepine safely and effectively without any major side-effects. Clinical phenomenology and treatment of the condition are discussed with relevant literature.
Tuzun
Umran
U
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.
Zoroglu
Suleyman Salih
SS
Savas
Haluk Asuman
HA
D000367:Age Factors; D018692:Antimanic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D018692:Antimanic Agents; D002220:Carbamazepine