Mania profile in a community sample of prepubertal children in Turkey

Background: Mania in youth is increasingly recognized and accompanied by substantial psychiatric and psychosocial morbidity. There are no data on prepubertals in the general population and we aimed to search for mania symptoms and its clinical correlations in a community sample of prepubertal Turkish children. Methods: Among all children (n = 56,335) aged 7–11 in Adana, Turkey, 2,468 children (48% girls) were randomly included. Parents completed Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) 4–18 and Parent‐Young Mania Rating Scale (P‐YMRS). Cut‐off scores of 17 and 27 on total P‐YMRS were defined as efficient (probable‐mania group) and specific (mania group), respectively, for bipolar profile. We searched for clinical correlations and used logistic regression to show how well each CBCL subscale predicted the presence of mania and probable‐mania, after adjusting for any demographic differences. Results: Parent‐Young Mania Rating Scale scores were ≥17 but