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Unlike adults - children in a manic state are more likely to be irritable and prone to destructive outbursts than to be elated or euphoric.
The rapid and severe cycling between moods produces chronic irritability and few clear periods of wellness between episodes.
ADHD
1. Often talks excessively 2. Is often easily distracted by extraneous stimuli 3. Is often on the go or often acts as if driven by a motor
Differentiation: Elated mood, Grandiosity, Decreased need for sleep, Hypersexuality, and Irritable mood.
Hart (2005)
Anxiety Disorders
35- 40%
The best explanation for this disorder seems to be reflected in the "Diathesis-Stress Model." Genetics PLUS environmental percipients.
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Schizophrenia in children is rare, affecting only about 1 in 40,000 compared to 1 in 100 in adults.
impaired memory and reasoning, speech impairments, inappropriate or flattened expression of emotion, poor social skills, and depressed mood.
Such children may laugh at a sad event, make poor eye contact, and show little body language or facial expression.
Prenatal insults may include viral infections, such as maternal influenza in the second trimester, starvation, lack of oxygen at birth, and untreated blood type incompatibility
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