Child Bipolar Disorder - Articles
The Bipolar Child, Part II: Childhood bipolar disorder criteria
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Marissa M.
... entence" — a life sentence of physical, visible afflictions in addition to the emotional and mental disorders he already struggles with.I haven't really gotten into the child bipolar disorder conversation on this blog becauseit's such a controversial diagnosis that would require lengthy posts that I didn't have time forI found the entire diag ...
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Helping Children Understand Bipolar Disorder
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Kate McLaughlin.
Children whose parents suffer with serious mental illness have very few resources to help them understand and cope. Now, thanks to educator and author Kathleen Larson, they have one more. Larson, who spent 35 years as an elementary school teacher, has penned and illustrated a book explaining, in the simplest terms, a mother’s mental illness.& ...
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Recognizing Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
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Jamie L.
EverydayHealth.com has posted an article about recognizing bipolar disorder in children and teens that is very interesting. Click here to check out the article! I believe my depression started as a child, probably around the age of 12. Just as the article mentions, I had many physical symptoms, such as headaches, muscle aches, stomachaches and exh ...
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Older age of fathers increases risk for bipolar disorder in children
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Dr. John Z.
JAMA / Archives - Older age of fathers may be associated with an increased risk for bipolar disorder in their offspring, according to a report in the September 2008 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
Bipolar disorder is a common, severe mood disorder involving episodes of mania and depression, according to background information in the articl ...
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Older age of fathers increases risk for bipolar disorder in children
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Dr. John Z.
JAMA / Archives - Older age of fathers may be associated with an increased risk for bipolar disorder in their offspring, according to a report in the September 2008 issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.Bipolar disorder is a common, severe mood disorder involving episodes of mania and depression, according to background information in the article ...
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Bipolar Disorder
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Clueless C.
My therapist and I get into some really odd topics. But, I guess after 21 years or so, we probably have a pretty odd relationship. He is the odd one. Anyway, a while back we were talking about the weather and how it was changing 30 degress in two days 40 degress in a week. It was driving me crazy and to be even crazier, my therapist started talking ...
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NIMH & Bipolar Disorder
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Kate McLaughlin.
The National Institute of Mental Health, funded by our tax dollars, has developed an excellent informational pamphlet about bipolar disorder. Useful for new patients, families, friends and support personnel, the easy-to-read publication, excerpted below, answers frequently asked questions about the illness.What is bipolar disorder?Bipolar disorder ...
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Bipolar Disorder
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Noman Khan
What is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is an illness involving one or more episodes of serious mania and depression. The illness causes a person’s mood to swing from excessively “high” and/or irritable to sad and hopeless, with periods of a normal mood in between. More than 2 million Americans ...
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Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
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Kate McLaughlin.
What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder?Bipolar mood changes are called “mood episodes.”People may have manic episodes, depressive episodes, or “mixed” episodes.A mixed episode has both manic and depressive symptoms.These mood episodes cause symptoms that last a week or two-sometimes longer.During an episode, the symptoms ...
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