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The bipolar child : the definitive and reassuring guide to childhood's most misunderstood disorder
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Discusses the diagnosis and treatment of early onset bipolar disorder in children, arguing that many youngsters who are currently being treated for ADHD and depresssion may actually be suffering fr...
Discusses the diagnosis and treatment of early onset bipolar disorder in children, arguing that many youngsters who are currently being treated for ADHD and depresssion may actually be suffering from the early stages of manic depression.
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- Creator
- Demitri F. Papolos and Janice Papolos
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Revised and expanded edition
- New York : Broadway Books, [2002]
- ©2002
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- xx, 452 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0767912853, 9780767912853
- OCLC
- ocm50640119
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [425]-438) and index.
- Additional information from the authors is available on the Internet.
- Pt. 1. Diagnosis and treatment. Voices from the front -- The diagnostic dilemma -- How to find good treatment -- Prescriptions for treatment -- Charting the course of the disorder -- Pt. 2. Inside the brain and mind. The genetic aspects of biopolar disorder -- The psychological dimensions -- What causes this condition? -- Pt. 3. Living and coping with Bipolar disorder. The impact on the family -- School: a child's world beyond home -- The neuropsychological testing of a bipolar child -- Navigating the shoals of adolescence -- When a child is hospitalized -- The insurance maze -- Pt. 4. Life goes on. Agenda for the future
Subjects
- Bipolar disorder in children.
- Depression in children.
- Psychoses in children.
- Bipolar Disorder.
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- Child, Preschool.
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- Child.
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