Study Examines Diagnosis Procedures for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

Posted on July 20, 2009

Using irritability as an element of diagnosis can be a challenge in any area of medicine as it can be caused by any number of things, both biological and environmental. Now, a new study out of the Bradley Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, in addition to two other institutions, find that clinicians consider irritability as a symptom when diagnosing pediatric bipolar disorder.