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Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder: An Update from the National Institute of Mental Health.(Pamphlet)
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Research findings, clinical experience, and family accounts provide substantial evidence that bipolar disorder, also called manic-depressive illness, can occur in children and adolescents. Bipolar disorder is difficult to recognize and diagnose in youth, however, because it does not fit precisely the symptom criteria established for adults, and because its symptoms can resemble or co-occur with those of other common childhood-onset mental disorders. In addition, symptoms of bipolar ...
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Bipolar Disorder.(Pamphlet)
Pamphlet by: National Institute of Mental Health
; ... disorder are severe. They can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even suicide. But there is good news: bipolar disorder can be treated, and people with this illness can lead full and productive lives. More than 2 million American ...
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Going to Extremes: Bipolar Disorder.(Pamphlet)
Pamphlet by: National Institute of Mental Health
; Bipolar Disorder There is a tendency to romanticize bipolar disorder. Many artists, musicians and writers have suffered from its mood swings. But in truth, many lives are ruined by this disease; and without effective treatment, the illness is associated with an increased risk of suicide.[1] Bipolar
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Bipolar Disorder; Facts to Know.(Disease/Disorder overview)
NWHRC Health Center - Bipolar Disorder
; Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about 2.3 million American adults, or one percent of the population age 18 and older in any given year, suffer from bipolar disorder. Most people with bipolar disorder can expect that
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Bipolar Disorder; Facts to Know.
NWHRC Health Center - Bipolar Disorder
; * Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression. * According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about 2.3 million American adults, or one percent of the population age 18 and older in any given year, suffer from bipolar disorder. * Most people with bipolar disorder can expect
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Bipolar disorder remains a conundrum.(Behavioral Consult)(bipolar disorder in children)
Pediatric News
; When I was in training during the 1970s, we did not diagnose bipolar disorder in children. We rarely diagnosed depression in prepubertal children, although we eventually learned that depression is common in the pediatric population. Even today, depression in this age group is underdiagnosed. When
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Forum focuses on bipolar disorder
Michigan Chronicle
; Keating, Patrick Michigan Chronicle 12-07-2004 Lizzie Simon, author of "Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D," was the featured speaker at a recent forum entitled "Detour to Wellness," a national campaign designed to educate people about bipolar disorder and to provide support and inspiration to
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How Well Do Psychosocial Interventions Work in Bipolar Disorder?
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
; Objective: Although medication is the mainstay of treatment for bipolar disorder, several adjunctive psychosocial interventions have been manualized over the last decade. This paper's objective is to empirically evaluate the different treatment approaches. Method: We conducted a systematic review
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Bipolar Disorder in Childhood and Early Adolescence
American Journal of Psychotherapy
; BARBARA GELLER AND MELISSA P. DELBELLO (Eos Bipolar Disorder in Childhood and Early Adolescence. Guilford Press, New York, 2003, 342 pp., $36.00, ISBN 1-57230-837-0. There has been substantial controversy in the mental health field about the existence and diagnostic boundary of childhood (i.e.,
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Response to Miami Shooting: What Families & Friends Can Do To Help Someone with Bipolar Disorder
U.S. Newswire
; WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The shooting of Rigoberto Alpizar in Miami on Dec. 7 has left many people wondering what bipolar disorder really is and how they can help someone with bipolar disorder get well. "It is really important for family members and friends to understand what they
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Bipolar Disorder; Overview.
NWHRC Health Center - Bipolar Disorder
; Bipolar disorder, is one of the most distinct and dramatic of mental illnesses. It is characterized by intense episodes of elation or irritability and despair, with any combination of mood experiences in between, including periods of normal moods. Mood changes are accompanied by changes in
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