Reprinted with permission of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Lipincott Williams & Wilkins, publishers.

OBJECTIVE: To report on the rate and associated features of comorbid conduct disorder (CD) in 26 bipolar (BP) youths and examine whether comorbidity affects clinical course.

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Many patients with adolescent-onset bipolar disorder have comorbid ADHD. The presence of both disorders challenges clinicians attempting to discern whether neuropsychological impairments are related to ADHD or to bipolar disorder.