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Bipolar Affective Psychosis with Onset before Age 16 Years Report of 10 Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

F. Hassanyeh  and
K. Davison
F. Hassanyeh
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
K. Davison
Affiliation:
Newcastle General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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Summary

Ten patients, 5 male and 5 female, with bipolar psychosis beginning before the age of 16 years, mean 14.1 years, are described. Difficulties in diagnosis in this age group are discussed and background factors of possible aetiological importance analysed. Lithium therapy was effective in 6 out of 7 patients.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 137 , Issue 6 , December 1980 , pp. 530 - 539
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1980 

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