Bipolar Disorders in Mentally Retarded Persons With Pervasive Developmental Disorders
| Autor: | Hiroshi Kurita, Hirokazu Osada, Hisateru Tachimori, Kaoru Shimizu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
animal structures Matched control Significant difference Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Mean age Mentally retarded medicine.disease behavioral disciplines and activities nervous system diseases Epilepsy Mood mental disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Bipolar disorder Family history Psychiatry Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. 16:377-389 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3580 1056-263X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10882-004-0693-8 |
| Popis: | To examine clinical features of mentally retarded patients with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) with a comorbid bipolar disorder, 23 PDD patients (mean age = 23.5 years, SD = 4.2) with an episode satisfying modified DSM-IV criteria for manic/hypomanic episode (PDD-B), and 23 age, sex, diagnosis, and retardation matched control PDD patients without a mood episode (PDD-C) were compared on 26 variables (e.g., family history, development, autistic symptoms, epilepsy). Although many of the variables did not show a significant difference, autistic symptoms tended to be more severe in the PDD-B than PDD-C patients, and epilepsy tended to occur earlier in 14 PDD-C than 13 PDD-B patients. Twenty two of the 23 PDD-B patients had taken mood stabilizers clinically judged effective. Bipolar disorders are not rare and are diagnosable in mentally retarded PDD patients with modified DSM-IV criteria consisting of items observable by others, and their treatment by mood stabilizers seems worthy for further research. |
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