Psychiatric Adolescent Inpatients

Recent Progress in Understanding Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

“…Similar to BD among adults, BD among youth is a potent risk factor for completed suicide. [40][41][42] Whether in community or clinical samples, approximately 3 in 4 youth with BD endorse lifetime suicidal ideation. 22,35 The lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts among youth with BD varies across studies but appears to be between 20% and 50%.…”

Pilot sample of very early onset bipolar disorder in a military population moderates the association of negative life events and non‐fatal suicide attempt

“…Evidence supporting this notion is seen in their prolonged course, characterized by rapid and continuous cycling, mixed episodes, greater symptom severity, high comorbidity with other disorders and less responsiveness to treatment (1–9). Moreover, and perhaps as a result of these features, VEOBPD and EOBPD are associated with increased risk for both non‐fatal suicide attempt (1, 8, 10, 11) and suicide (12–15). For example, Strober and colleagues (8) found that 20% of adolescents with BPD made at least one medically significant suicide attempt, and Lewinsohn and colleagues (11) reported that 44% of adolescents with BPD in a community sample made at least one non‐fatal attempt.…”

Nonpsychotic postpartum depression among adolescent mothers.

“…It is now generally accepted that adult RDC and DSM–III–R criteria should be used to diagnose major and minor depression in adolescents (Kashani & Simonds, 1979; Strober, Green, & Carlson, 1981; Welner, Welner, & Fishman, 1979), but only recently have there been studies that applied these diagnostic criteria in determining the prevalence of depressive syndromes among adolescents. In a study of 14–16–year-olds, a point prevalence of 4.7% for DSM–III major depression was found by Kashani et al (1987).…”