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Mood Disorders in Kids

Do you know a child or teenager who has been diagnosed with a mood disorder? Mood disorders are characterized by a disturbance in mood that affects a person's ability to function successfully. Learn more about these disorders and how they impact children by watching our latest on-demand video series on Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents. For this 6-part series, Soad Michelsen, MD, child and adolescent psychiatrist at Clarity CGC, provides an overview of the following:

How to identify a mood disorder
Why symptoms are different for kids
Types of mood disorders
Risk factors
Treatment options

**Please note that we did experience audio problems throughout this presentation.

Clarity Child Guidance Center hosted this community presentation on September 16, 2011.

Mood Disorders in Kids (Part 1)

This video addresses the following: how to identify mood disorders, why diagnostic criteria is different for kids, mood disorder not otherwise specified, and major depressive disorder.

Mood Disorders in Kids (Part 2)

This video addresses the following: major depressive disorder, symptoms, suicidal ideation, self-medication, and dysthymic disorder.

Mood Disorders in Kids (Part 3)

This video addresses the following: major depressive disorder (cont.), differential diagnosis, genetic and environmental risk factors, and treatment options.

Mood Disorders in Kids (Part 4)

This video addresses the following: treatment medications, bipolar disorder types, predicting factors for mania, diagnostic controversy, and symptoms.