EARLY ONSET RAPID CYCLING BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER
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- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 28 (5) , 731-738
Abstract
Four cases of rapid cycling bipolar affective disorder are described; the diagnosis being made by DSM(III) criteria. All are children, aged between 11 and 12 at the onset of the illness and all arc of low intelligence. The follow‐up has ranged from three to five years. The clinical symptoms and their response to treatment are described and the implications of this unusual presentation are discussed.Keywords
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