Vol. 18 – The Morning Battleground: Why Bipolar Kids Can’t Get Up and Get Going
Does this sound familiar? Yesterday morning it took an hour-and-a-half attempting to get him up. We kept shaking him, beseeching, threatening, beseeching anxiously.... We even called his cell phone...
View ArticleVol. 19 – Carbohydrate Cravings in Children With Bipolar Disorder
One of the questions we asked on the initial survey for The Bipolar Child, concerned a craving for carbohydrates: did the child or adolescent crave starchy foods such as potatoes, breads, pastas, and...
View ArticleVol. 20 – March Madness, September Slides: The Seasonal Aspects of...
At a recent conference on pediatric bipolar disorder, the topic of the seasonal aspects of the illness came up and caused a flurry of nods from the parents in the audience. These parents were aware...
View ArticleVol. 22 – 24: A Day in the Life
Each week, millions of viewers tune into the hit show, 24. They watch as federal agent Jack Bauer of the Counter Terrorist Unit battles threats to national security, barely escaping with his life. The...
View ArticleVol. 23 – Why Is It So Difficult to Diagnose Bipolar Disorder in Children?
On October 22, The New York Times ran a front-page article about a 10-year-old girl named Haley, suffering with a probable bipolar disorder. Because Haley was extremely anxious and distractible, had...
View ArticleVol. 24 – In Honor of Mothers and Fathers of Bipolar Children
In our book, and in almost every newsletter we write, we talk constantly about the burdens that parents of children with bipolar disorder must shoulder and overcome, all the while attempting to make...
View ArticleVol. 25 – The Long Road to the Pharmacy
A few weeks ago, we listened to a radio broadcast produced by ABC Radio National in Australia whose topic was the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in young children. The segment begins with a send-up of...
View ArticleVol. 26 – Juvenile Bipolar Disorder – Progress in Research I
This is the first of a three-part series created to familiarize you with some exciting and hopeful information regarding research that has been conducted on juvenile bipolar disorder. In order to get...
View ArticleVol. 27 – Juvenile Bipolar Disorder – Progress in Research II
This is the second of a three-part series to inform you about research on juvenile bipolar disorder sponsored by the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation. We hope you will be encouraged by the...
View ArticleVol. 28 – Juvenile Bipolar Disorder – Progress in Research III
This is the last of a three-part series to inform you about the findings from research studies funded by the Juvenile Research Foundation. The first two Newsletters described the approach and...
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