BIPOLAR DISORDER OF PATIENTS OF CHILD CARE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

According to the modern understanding, “Bipolar disorder is a wide-spread disabling chronic disease, appearing at the young age and having serious consequences, such as long-term disability and risk of suicidality. It affects social adaptation of patients, their families and the whole society, although it often can be undiagnosed, diagnostically un-derestimated and not having relevant treatment…” [16]. In 60 % of cases significant issues due to bipolar disorder appear in childhood and teenage years (before 15 y.o. ? 33 %, at 15-19 y.o. ? 27 %). The prevalence rate of bipolar disorder is 0,5-1 %. Becoming sick in the youth patients spend most of their lives with this chronic recurrent disorder [14, 16]. The early-onset and undue diagnosis of bipolar disorder increase the risk of comorbide mental distress and somatic disorder and affect disease state. The aim of the research is studying the peculiarities of emotional disorders and suicidal behavior of 38 teenagers at the age of 11-17 with first diagnosed bipolar affective disorder. Among the reasons for hospitalization of boys behavior disorders were prevailing (n = 10, 83,3 %), while girls had more suicides (n = 9, 34,6 %) and parasuicides (n = 6, 23,1 %), which amount to 57,7 %. Suicides as a reason for hospitalization of boys were 5 times less (n = 2 versus n = 10), while girls were less often hospitalized due to behavior disorder (n = 11, 42,3 %). All patients have positive results of therapy by Depakine chronosphere. The research was conducted on the basis of Psychiatry and Narcology Department of Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education ? Irkutsk Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital №1.