Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:1557-1559
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
Lithium treatment of manic episodes with psychotic features in prepubertal children
TM Varanka, RA Weller, EB Weller and MA Fristad
Department of Psychiatry, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
The authors describe the manic symptoms, family psychiatric histories, and
psychotic symptoms of 10 prepubertal children 6-12 years old who had a
DSM-III diagnosis of manic episode with psychotic features. All of the
children improved when treated with lithium alone. Improvement in both
manic and psychotic symptoms was noted an average of 11 days after lithium
administration was started.
