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Manic‐depressive psychosis in children younger than 15 years: a register‐based investigation of 39 cases in Denmark
Author(s) -
Thomsen P. H.,
Møller L. L.,
Dehlholm B.,
Brask B. H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1992.tb10327.x
Subject(s) - psychosis , psychiatry , population , bipolar disorder , psychiatric diagnosis , medicine , pediatrics , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , mood , environmental health
Using a nationwide psychiatric case register covering a background population of 5.1 million inhabitants. 39 children (23 boys, 16 girls) were identified who got the diagnosis of manic‐depressive psychosis between 1970 and 1986 before the age of 15. The frequency of manic‐depressive psychosis in this child psychiatric population was 1.2%. The mean age for first‐time admission with this diagnosis was 12.7 years. There was no sex difference. Twenty‐six of the children got the diagnosis of manic‐depressive psychosis during their first admission. Survival analysis was used to describe the prognosis and the diagnostic development of the group. As a whole, the group had a poor prognosis with many readmissions. The most common differential diagnoses were other types of psychosis in boys and oppositional and emotional disorders in girls.