Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center
Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Manic Symptoms and
Bipolar Disorder in Hospitalized Adolescents
Principal Investigators
Jeffrey Hunt, MD
Jennifer Dyl, PhD
Funding Source
This is a pilot study.
Description
Aims of this study are to assess the prevalence of manic symptoms
and bipolar disorder among adolescent psychiatric inpatients, to
compare adolescents' reports of manic symptoms with those of their
parents, and to examine related clinical characteristics of patients
reporting high levels of manic symptoms. Participants are adolescents,
ages 12 to 17, who were consecutively admitted to the Bradley Hospital
adolescent inpatient unit over a period of one year. Preliminary
results suggest prevalence rates of 16% for bipolar disorder. A
subset of patients also attained high scores on the Mania Rating
Scale in the absence of a bipolar disorder diagnosis. It was found
that anxiety disorders, anger, depression and post-traumatic stress
disorder is higher among this subset than in patients scoring in
the normative range on manic symptoms.
Significance
This study will help to determine the clinical utility of various
rating procedures in the detection of mania, which will aid in the
correct diagnosis and treatment adolescents with bipolar disorder.
This study will also aid in our understanding of the various ways
early onset bipolar mood disorder may present itself.
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