Young and Bipolar. / Jeffrey Kluger with Sora Song.
by Kluger, Jeffrey; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 37Family. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2002ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Child psychopathology | Manic-depressive illness in adolescence | Manic-depressive illness in children | Manic-depressive persons | Mentally ill childrenDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Bipolar disorder--once known as manic depression, always known as a ferocious mental illness--seems to be showing up in children at an increasing rate, and that has taken a lot of mental-health professionals by surprise." (TIME) This article explains that bipolar disorder was once considered a disease that affected only adults, but that "as doctors look deeper into the condition and begin to understand its underlying causes, they are coming to the unsettling conclusion that large numbers of teens and children are suffering from it as well.".
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Originally Published: Young and Bipolar, Aug. 19, 2002; pp. 38+.
"Bipolar disorder--once known as manic depression, always known as a ferocious mental illness--seems to be showing up in children at an increasing rate, and that has taken a lot of mental-health professionals by surprise." (TIME) This article explains that bipolar disorder was once considered a disease that affected only adults, but that "as doctors look deeper into the condition and begin to understand its underlying causes, they are coming to the unsettling conclusion that large numbers of teens and children are suffering from it as well.".
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