Title: DEFINING SUBTYPES OF CHILDHOOD BIPOLAR ILLNESS
Abstract: Staton et al. discuss some issues regarding the article by Leibenluft et al., 2003 Leibenluft E Charney DS Towbin KE Bhangoo RK Pine DS Defining clinical phenotypes of juvenile mania. Am J Psychiatry. 2003; 160: 430-437 Crossref PubMed Scopus (567) Google Scholar . In this article Leibenluft and colleagues proposed categorizing juvenile mania into three groups: (1) narrow phenotype: these children satisfy full DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for hypomania or mania, including the duration criteria, and have the hallmark symptoms of elevated mood or grandiosity; (2) intermediate phenotype: these children have either (a) hypomania or mania not otherwise specified with clear episodes and the hallmark symptoms, but episodes are only 1 to 3 days, or (b) irritable hypomania or mania, with demarcated episodes with irritability but not euphoria; (3) broad phenotype: these children have a chronic nonepisodic illness with no hallmark symptoms of mania but have severe irritability and hyperarousal.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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