Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder
Most Common Symptoms:
- Irritability
- Social withdrawal
- Anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)
- Low self-esteem
- Themes of death, suicide, or self-destruction appearing in play
- Sleep disturbance
Other Common Symptoms:
- School failure
- Loneliness
- Sadness
- Low energy
Associated Signs and Symptoms:
- Vague, nonspecific physical complaints
- Running away from home
- Boredom
- Extreme sensitivity to rejection or failure
- Difficulty with relationships
- Substance use or abuse
Major Depression in Children
Most Common Symptoms:
- Grandiosity
- Decreased need for sleep
- Flight of ideas
- Distractibility
- Pressured speech
- Increased activity
- Risk-taking behavior
- Disorganized thinking or behavior