Sala Regina, Axelson David, Birmaher Boris
Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2009 Apr;18(2):273-89, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2008.11.002.
Pediatric bipolar disorder (BPD) significantly affects the normal emotional, cognitive, and social development. The course of children and adolescents with BPD is manifested by frequent changes in symptoms polarity showing a dimensional continuum of bipolar symptoms severity from subsyndromal to mood syndromes meeting full DSM-IV criteria. Thus, early diagnosis and treatment of pediatric bipolar is of utmost importance.
小儿双相情感障碍（BPD）严重影响正常的情感、认知和社交发展。患有BPD的儿童和青少年的病程表现为症状极性频繁变化，显示出从亚综合征到符合完整DSM-IV标准的情绪综合征的双相症状严重程度的维度连续体。因此，小儿双相情感障碍的早期诊断和治疗至关重要。
