Does Childhood Bipolar I Disorder Persist

Abstract

Many adults with bipolar disorders report that they had symptoms in childhood, but no prospective studies have determined how often childhood bipolar disorder continues into adulthood. These investigators followed 115 children (mean age at baseline, 11 years) with a first episode of pure or mixed mania. The researchers used a stringent definition of childhood bipolar I disorder: Diagnosis of mania required elation, grandiosity, …