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Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: An Update from the National Institute of Mental Health

Internet URL

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolarupdate.cfm  

Sponsoring Agency

National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health

Description

Research findings, clinical experience, and family accounts provide substantial evidence that bipolar disorder, also called manic-depressive illness, can occur in children and adolescents.

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Review Date

4/26/2007

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