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The current status of the diagnosis of Pediatric bipolar disorder | 28929
Pediatrics & Therapeutics

Pediatrics & Therapeutics
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ISSN: 2161-0665

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The current status of the diagnosis of Pediatric bipolar disorder


3rd International Conference on Pediatrics

May 18-20, 2015 San Antonio, Texas, USA

Jill Littrell

Georgia State University, USA

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Pediat Therapeut

Abstract :

This presentation will examine the purported logic behind the creation of the pediatric bipolar diagnosis, some of the current thinking on bipolar disorders, and the pros and cons of various interventions. It begins with the history of the diagnosis of â�?�?pediatric bipolarâ�?. Whereas children were almost never diagnosed with this disorder in the early 1990s, the promotion of this diagnosis led to its becoming the most frequent diagnoses for children who were hospitalized in psychiatric facilities in 2004.It was a factor in generating the controversy around the release of the DSM-V. Allen Francis, Chairperson for the 1994 DSM-IV, attributes his activism, which eventuated in numerous articles, a blog, and his book, Saving Normal, to â�?�?kids getting unneeded antipsychotics that would make them gain 12 pounds in 12 weeks. â�?�?This diagnosis was a stimulus for the congressional hearing in December of 2011 on the large number of foster children who are being treated with antipsychotic medications, many of whom were diagnosed with â�?�?pediatric bipolarâ�?. This presentation offers an overview of the questions raised in light of the latest literature.

Biography :

Email: littrell@gsu.edu

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