The best of news and research articles from publications nationwide, as selected by the Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation, updated weekly.

Summer has finally arrived.  It’s time for relaxing…going to the pool, baseball games, BBQs, or even taking off on a family vacation.   Unfortunately, as a parent of a child with a serious mood disorder, you know that summer isn’t necessarily relaxing.

Developed by Cinda Johnson, Ed.D., this planning document assists students and their education team in identifing strengths, experiences, aspirations and fears and how these can be applied to setting goals for post graduation.

Mani N. Pavuluri,MD,  Michael W. Naylor, MD, Philip G. Janicak, MD Contemporary Psychiatry (April 2002) (full text)

An excellent summary of pediatric onset and adolescent onset bipolar disorder, and treatment guidelines used by the Pediatric Mood Disorders Clinic at University of Illinois at Chicago.

Symptoms of hypothyroidism can mimic or be intertwined with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression. Treating an underlying thyroid problem is critical to alleviating the associated psychiatric symptoms. The first hurdle to treating underlying hypothyroidism is in its diagnosis.

Authored by Jeannie Wolfson, CABF member

The privacy of children and teenagers with bipolar disorder and their families is of primary importance to the Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF).  Some parents prefer total anonymity. Others are comfortable with varying degrees of openness about the fact that their child or they themselves have bipolar disorder. As children grow older, they form opinions about how open they wish to be. Their opinions change and may, at times, conflict with the wishes of their family members.

This document gives a listing of the acronyms, abbreviations and terms used by doctors, educators and other treatment professionals.

What is Bipolar Disorder?

DIAGNOSIS
Bipolar disorder is a hereditary illness believed to occur in at least  1 - 2 % of the adolescent and adult population, with bipolar spectrum disorders believed to occur in 5 - 7 %. The number of children diagnosed with bipolar disorder is rising as doctors begin to recognize signs of the disorder in children. Children with bipolar disorder are at risk for school failure, substance abuse and suicide. The lifetime mortality rate (from suicide) is higher than some forms of cancer.

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