You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
Conversion (dissociative) symptoms as a presenting feature in early onset bipolar disorder: a case series
  1. Malay Kumar Ghosal1,
  2. Prathama Guha2,
  3. Mausumi Sinha3,
  4. Debabrata Majumdar4,
  5. Payel Sengupta2
  1. 1
    Medical College, Kolkata, Psychiatry, 68, B. N. Road, Uttarpara, West Bengal 712258, India
  2. 2
    Medical College, Kolkata, Psychiatry, 88, College Street, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073, India
  3. 3
    R G Kar Medical College, Kolkata, Psychiatry, 1, Kshudiram Basu Sarani, Kolkata, West Bengal 700004, India
  4. 4
    IPGME&R, Kolkata, Psychiatry, 244, A J C Bose Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, India
  1. Malay Kumar Ghosal, malayghosal{at}yahoo.co.in

Summary

We present three cases of early onset bipolar disorder where dissociative (conversion) symptoms preceded the onset of mania. This case series underscores the significance of dissociative/conversion symptoms as an early atypical presentation in juvenile bipolar disorder.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1448

Statistics from Altmetric.com

    Request Permissions

    If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

    View Full Text

    Footnotes

    • Competing interests: none.

    • Patient consent: Patient/guardian consent was obtained for publication.