Delusional disorder is one of the hardest psychiatric disorders to diagnose or treat. This is because the delusions are “non-bizarre;” that is, they can be theoretically plausible. The sufferer functions quite normally most of the time, and will often refuse to admit there is even a problem. And since the most common form of this [...]

Detecting depression in teens can be much more difficult than detecting it in adults. For one thing, as they proceed through puberty, they’re already likely prone to mood swings and a degree of gloom. It can be hard to distinguish these normal experiences from things like anxiety panic disorders and other problems stemming from depression. [...]

It’s only been in recent years that the psychiatric profession has even recognized that there could be bipolar children. The accepted wisdom was always that bipolar disorder, or manic depression, only developed in adults. This was despite evidence from early researchers that some adult symptoms had in fact emerged before they were ten years old. [...]