title: Bipolar depression in children and adolescents.
abstract: Children and adolescents with bipolar disorder may have depression as the presenting mood state. It is important for clinicians to distinguish between unipolar and bipolar depression in youth. Depressive episodes are common during the course of bipolar illness in children and adolescents. Evidence-based treatments are needed to guide clinicians' treatment decisions for youth with bipolar depression. This article reviews the prevalence, diagnosis, course, and treatment of bipolar depression in youth, and emphasizes the need for large, controlled treatment studies in the pediatric population.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: DeFilippis
authors.forename: Karen Dineen
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011613:Psychotherapy
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents