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HERNANDEZ-MARTINEZ, Hugo Enrique  y  OCHOA-MADRIGAL, Marta Georgina. Management and Comorbidities of Bipolar Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence. Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.) [online]. 2020, vol.63, n.6, pp.40-50.  Epub 05-Mar-2021. ISSN 2448-4865.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fm.24484865e.2020.63.6.06.

The diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorders (BPD) in children is currently one of the biggest challenges and area of controversy in the field of child psychiatry. Bipolar disorders encompass several affective disorders that involve alterations in the degree of activity, content and form of thinking that are characterized by biphasic episodes of mood. This group of disorders affect approximately 1% of the world population and begin in youth (the average age of onset of ~20 years). However, in some studies a delay of 5 years has been observed since the presentation of symptoms at the beginning of the treatment. Currently, the diagnosis of TBP in children and adolescents should be based on the same set of symptoms applied to adults, as well as the general principles of the treatment. The research carried out around this disorder has resulted in changes in the conceptualization and approach of this pathology, now conceived as a group of disorders that share changes in mood and other cardinal symptoms, of a chronic and progressive nature that impacts in a negative way in those who suffer them.

Palabras llave : Bipolar disorder; childhood; mania; hypomania; depression.

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