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2. Bipolar disorder in children - Wikipedia

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   The diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children has been heavily debated for many reasons including the potential harmful effects of adult bipolar medication use for children. PBD is similar to bipolar disorder (BD) in adults , and has been proposed as an explanation for periods of extreme shifts in mood called mood episodes.

3. Treatment of bipolar disorder - Wikipedia

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   A recent large-scale study found that severe depression in patients with bipolar disorder responds no better to a combination of antidepressant medications and mood stabilizers than it does to mood stabilizers alone and that antidepressant use does not hasten the emergence of manic symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder.

4. Risperidone - Wikipedia

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   Second-generation antipsychotics, including risperidone, are effective in the treatment of manic symptoms in acute manic or mixed exacerbations of bipolar disorder. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] In children and adolescents, risperidone may be more effective than lithium or valproate , but has more metabolic side effects. [ 28 ]

5. Bipolar Disorder: 4 Types & What You Need to Know About Them

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   Onset of Bipolar Disorder. Signs of bipolar disorder generally emerge in young adulthood. Research suggests that 70 percent of people with bipolar disorder experience their first manic episode ...

6. Mood stabilizer - Wikipedia

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   Mood stabilizers are best known for the treatment of bipolar disorder, [1] preventing mood shifts to mania (or hypomania) and depression. Mood stabilizers are also used in schizoaffective disorder when it is the bipolar type. [2]

7. Antimanic drugs - Wikipedia

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   Though there are different causes of mania, the majority is caused by bipolar disorder, therefore antimanic drugs are mostly similar to drugs treating bipolar disorder. Since 1970s, antimanic drugs have been used specifically to control the abnormal elevation of mood or mood swings during manic episodes. [1]