Childhood Bipolar Case Study

Paper Summary:

This paper presents a case study of a nine-year-old boy with bipolar disorder. The writer explores the child's symptoms as they pertain to diagnosis and presents a plan of treatment for that child. The paper relates that bipolar disorder is a lifelong condition and explains that it is important for the child to participate in his own treatment plan, so that in his late teens he will be able to monitor his symptoms and ask for help when he relapses.

Outline:
Introduction
Treatment
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"For many years the general public and many mental health professionals believed that Bipolar Disorder was an exclusively adult disorder."
""The number of children and adolescents receiving a diagnosis of bipolar disorder has increased markedly during the past decade in the United States. Bipolar disorder was once thought to occur only rarely in youths, especially children (see Carlson, 2005). However, there has been a shift in how the disorder is defined in juveniles(Practice, 2007).""
"Today the medical community is aware that childhood Bipolar is a serious but treatable disorder(Biederman, 2004)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Biederman J, McDonnell MA, Wozniak J et al. (2005), Aripiprazole in the treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder: a systematic chart review. CNS Spectr 10:141-148
• Biederman J, Mick E, Faraone SV, Van Patten S, Burback M, Wozniak J (2004), A prospective follow-up study of pediatric bipolar disorder in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal Affect Disorder 82:S17-S23
• Masi G, Perugi G, Toni C et al. (2004), Predictors of treatment non-response in bipolar children and adolescents with manic or mixed episodes. Journal Child Adolescent Psychopharmacol 14:395-404
• McClellan J (2005), Commentary: treatment guidelines for child and adolescent bipolar disorder. Journal of American Academy Child Adolescence Psychiatry 44:236-239
• Werry, John (2007) Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder.(AACAP OFFICIAL ACTION)(Disease/Disorder overview) Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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