Bipolar Disorder

=>3 symptoms lasting at least one week, or causing hospitalization

DIGFAST mnemonic:

• D - Distractibility
• I - Indiscretion
• G - Grandiosity
• F - Flight of ideas
• A - Activity increase
• S - Sleep deficit/disturbances
• T - Talkative, pressured speech

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Assessment & Screening Tools

Clinician-Rated

• Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)
  
• Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (Kiddie-SADS)
  
• Mania (Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale, ASRM)

Caregiver-Rated

• Mania (Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale, ASRM)
• Parent Version of the Young Mania Rating Scale (P-YMRS)
  
• Parent Version, General Behavior Inventory (P-GBI)
  

Self-Rated

• General Behavioral Inventory (GBI)
• Weinberg Screening Affective Scale (WSAS) -- (scroll down to Appendix A to view WSAS)
  
• Mania (Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale, ASRM) (validated in ages 11-17)
• Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)

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Position Papers & Practice Parameters

• AACAP's Practice Parameter on the Assessment and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents (2007)
  

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Articles

• AAP's "Collaborative role of the pediatrician in the diagnosis and management of bipolar disorder in adolescents"
• Griswald & Pfeffer (2000). Management of Bipolar Disorder. American Family Physician, 62(6):1343-1353.
• Price & Marzani-Nissen (2012).  Bipolar Disorders: A Review. American Family Physician, 85(5):483-493.

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Resources

For Families:

• NIH's booklet for families -- "Bipolar in Children and Adolescents"
• AACAP's Facts for Families: Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
  
• International Society for Bipolar Disorders: Patients' and Physicians' Perspectives on Diagnosis and Coping
• NAMI's "Tell Me About Bipolar Disorder"

For Providers

• AACAP's Bipolar Disorder Resource Center
  
• FAQ's about bipolar disorder in children and teens (The Balanced Mind Foundation)
• Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens booklet (National Institute of Mental Health)
• Parents’ Medication Guide for Bipolar Disorder in Children & Adolescents (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
• Video about bipolar disorder in children with Dr. Ellen Leibenluft, National Institute of Mental Health.
• Bipolar disorders, with Bipolar Disorder Specifiers and Anxious Distress Specifier

Organizations

• Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
• Madison Institute of Medicine
• The Balanced Mind
• The Bipolar Child
• NAMI: Bipolar Disorder
• Stanford Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program
• Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation (JBRF)
• International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD)
  Complete list of organizations compiled by ISBD found here.

WORLD BIPOLAR DAY -- MARCH 30th

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