{"id":256,"date":"2015-10-02T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.mainelyseo.com\/cdi-upgrade\/parenting_today\/?p=256"},"modified":"2019-07-23T16:49:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T23:49:26","slug":"troubled-children-diagnosed-with-bipolar-disorder-may-fare-better-with-a-different-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childdevelopmentinfo.com\/psychology\/troubled-children-diagnosed-with-bipolar-disorder-may-fare-better-with-a-different-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubled Children Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder May Fare Better with a Different Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn a paper published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health<\/em>,Erik Parens and Josephine Johnston examine the evolution of the diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder in children and its dramatic increase since the mid 1990s, after\u00a0the criteria for diagnosis broadened. The increase in cases<\/a> has led to concerns about accurately defining psychiatric disorders in children as well as the safety and efficacy of resulting pharmacological treatment.<\/p>\n

In the paper, and in a series of workshops sponsored by the NIMH, a recommendation is made to develop new diagnostic categories for children displaying moods and behaviors that do not fully fit into the diagnostic criteria for Bipolar Disorder.<\/p>\n

Researchers support an emerging approach, which gives many children a new diagnosis<\/a> called Severe Mood Dysregulation (SMD) or Temper Dysregulation Disorder with Dysphoria (TDD).<\/p>\n

Participants in the workshop included psychiatrists,\u00a0pediatricians<\/a>, educators, bioethicists, parents, and social scientists. Erik Parens is a senior research scholar and Josephine Johnston a research scholar at The Hastings Center, a bioethics research institution.<\/p>\n

Among the workshop conclusions:<\/p>\n