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This section of Focus on Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health includes articles addressing the prevalence rate of pediatric bipolar disorder, the proposed temper dysregulation disorder with dysphoria diagnosis, adjunctive use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression in adolescents, long-term safety and tolerability of aripiprazole for treatment of autistic disorder, and long-term effects for youths who are exposed to terrorism.

There is a perception that the rate of pediatric bipolar disorder has risen in the United States and is higher than that of other countries. Van Meter and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of 12 epidemiologic studies that included 16,222 youths from the United States and 6 other countries to determine the prevalence rate of pediatric bipolar disorder.