title: Bipolar disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.
abstract: Recent attention has focused on the association between bipolar disorder and comorbid anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. There is a high rate of comorbidity between bipolar disorder and anxiety disorders in children and youths. Often, a child or adolescent with bipolar disorder has multiple comorbid anxiety disorders. In general, anxiety disorders precede the development of bipolar disorder in children. Comorbid disorders may worsen the course of each individual disorder. Pharmacologic management of the comorbid anxiety disorder is complicated by potential mood destabilization in a child or adolescent with bipolar disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0188, USA. kwagner@utmb.edu
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dineen Wagner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D017668:Age of Onset; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001010:Anxiety, Separation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents