It is a lifelong condition that people manage with medication and therapy. With treatment, children and teens can lead active and fulfilling lives. Read on to learn more about the symptoms of bipolar ...

Is bipolar the new diagnosis du jour? A few weeks ago I asked the question in this post. Since then you may have read the Newsweek article by noted psychiatrist and PT blogger, Stuart Kaplan, M.D. If ...

When Jessica Kennedy was five years old, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Her mother told FRONTLINE in the 2008 documentary The Medicated Child that she couldn’t go a day without taking ...

Recently, a parent walked into my office with a mountainous stack of test results that purported to show that her eight year old son Adam has brain chemistry similar to adults who had been diagnosed ...

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SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baszucki Group today announced the launch of two new initiatives across multiple sites exploring the effectiveness of ketogenic therapy for children and adolescents ...

ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, or Both? Linda Jo Volness, MS, RN, is a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist who is board certified in child, adolescent, and adult mental illness. At Quality of Life in Fargo ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Emerging research supports bipolar disorder as a valid diagnosis in children, according to a ...

Does your child have symptoms of bipolar disorder? We are looking for children, teens, and young adults (ages 9 to 21 years) who have moods that alternate between depression and periods of excessive ...

Children of either younger or older parents carry an increased risk of bipolar disorder. This risk is greater if you were born to a mother or father younger than 20 years old, if your mother was older ...

Children born to parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology than children born to parents without these conditions. The corresponding study as ...