Youth Meeting Symptom and Impairment Criteria for Mania-Like Episodes Lasting Less than Four Days: An Epidemiological Enquiry

Autor/inn/en	Stringaris, Argyris; Santosh, Paramala; Leibenluft, Ellen; Goodman, Robert
Titel	Youth Meeting Symptom and Impairment Criteria for Mania-Like Episodes Lasting Less than Four Days: An Epidemiological Enquiry
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51 (2010) 1, S.31-38 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02129.x
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Autism; Criteria; Psychopathology; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Mental Disorders; Correlation; Interpersonal Competence; Case Studies; National Surveys; Adolescents; Parent Attitudes; Adolescent Attitudes; Measures (Individuals); Questionnaires; Well Being; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Autismus; Psychopathologie; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Korrelation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Elternverhalten; Messdaten; Fragebogen; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden
Abstract	Background: Little is known about short-duration episodes of mania-like symptoms in youth. Here we determine the prevalence, morbid associations, and contribution to social impairment of a phenotype characterised by episodes during which symptom and impairment criteria for mania are met, but DSM-IV duration criteria are not (bipolar not otherwise specified; BP-NOS). Methods: A cross-sectional national survey of a sample (N = 5,326) of 8-19-year-olds from the general population using information from parents and youth. Outcome measures were prevalence rates and morbid associations assessed by the Developmental and Well-Being Assessment, and social impairment assessed by the impact scale of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Results: While only seven individuals (0.1%) met definite or probable DSM-IV criteria for BPI or BPII, the prevalence of BP-NOS was 10-fold higher, 1.1% by parent report and 1.5% by youth report. Parent-youth agreement was very low: kappa = 0.02, p greater than 0.05 for BP-NOS. Prevalence and episode duration for BP-NOS did not vary by age. BP-NOS showed strong associations with externalising disorders. After adjusting for a dimensional measure of general psychopathology, self-reported (but not parent-reported) BP-NOS remained associated with overall social impairment. Conclusions: BP meeting full DSM-IV criteria is rare in youth. BP-NOS, defined by episodes shorter than those required by DSM-IV, but during which DSM-IV symptom and impairment criteria are met, is commoner and may be associated with social impairment that is beyond what can be accounted for by other psychopathology. These findings support the importance of research into these short episodes during which manic symptoms are met in youth but they also call into question the extent to which BP-NOS in youth is a variant of DSM-IV BP--superficially similar symptoms may not necessarily imply deeper similarities in aetiology or treatment response. (As Provided).
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