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POST # 1

PLEASE, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING (2) QUESTIONS.

Your responses should be in a well-developed paragraph (350-500 words), and they should include evidence-based research to support your statements using proper citations and APA format!!!

    1. When assessing an adolescent with bipolar disorder, what are some of the diagnostic and treatment challenges the clinician might face?  2. Identify one probable differential diagnosis for Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in the child and adolescent population? Also include some assessment findings and the pertinent positives and negatives that make this a differential diagnosis.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Mood Disorders (Bipolar Spectrum) in children and adolescents Introduction

   In this group facilitated discussion we will examine Mood disorders (Bipolar spectrum) in children and adolescents. While irritable, depressed, and moody feelings are not uncommon at times in children and adolescents, extremes of emotions can be associated with mood disorders. Mood disorders can encompass Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD). We will concentrate on the Bipolar spectrum for this discussion. Bipolar can be associated with depressive symptoms, hypomania, manic, or mixed symptomatology. Bipolar can affect each person differently. FDA-approved treatments for children and adolescents with mood disorders are limited. Please look at the evidence-based recent information and choose a discussion prompt.  Resources: Here are 5 professional articles on some of the latest evidence-based best practices on Bipolar Disorder in children and adolescents for your review.  1. Abrams, Z. (2020, October 1). Treating bipolar disorder in kids and teens. American Psychological Association, 51(7). Retrieved June 20, 2021, from https://www.apa.org/monitor/2020/10/ce-corner-bipolar 2. Alexson, D. (2021, April 7). Pediatric bipolar disorder: Overview of choosing treatment. UpToDate. Retrieved June 19, 2021, from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/pediatric-bipolar-disorder-overview-of-choosing-treatment?search=bipolar%20and%20children&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=1 3. Birmaher, B. (2020, June 11). Bipolar disorder in children and adolescents: Assessment and diagnosis. UpToDate. Retrieved June 19, 2021, from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/bipolar-disorder-in-children-and-adolescents-assessment-and-diagnosis?search=bipolar%20and%20children&source=search_result&selectedTitle=3~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=3 4. Vieta, E., Salagre, E., Grande, I., Carvalho, A. F., Fernandes, B. S., Berk, M., Birmaher, B., Tohen, M., & Suppes, T. (2018). Early intervention in bipolar disorder. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 175(5), 411-426. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17090972 5. Wagner, K. D. (2018, August 28). Treatment of bipolar in children and adolescents. Psychiatric Times. Retrieved June 20, 2021, https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/treatment-bipolar-depression-children-and-adolescents