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Primary Care Practitioners May Mistake Irritability as Bipolar Disorder in Youth

Shannon Peters - April 26, 2018 18

Family medicine and pediatric providers are less confident in their assessment of irritability in youth than psychiatric providers, which may lead to overdiagnosis of bipolar disorder.

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