Tag: stigma
In the News Articles - Summer 2010
The best of news and research articles from publications nationwide, as selected by the Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation, updated weekly.
. The New York Times best selling author’s newest book premise intrigued me. Warner set out to write a book with the working title, Affluent Parents and Neurotic Kids; the premise of which was that today’s We’ve Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication
Book Review by Susan Resko, Executive Director
Susan Resko, M.M.
CABF Executive Director
I’m often asked how I can both raise a child with a mood disorder AND work for CABF. My answer is that I compartmentalize my life, which includes delegating the dozens of book reviews CABF is asked to do each year. I cherish my 20 minutes each night before I nod off to sleep and save that time for books I want to read that have nothing to do with psychiatric illness.
BringChange2Mind and CABF: Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness
The Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation improves the lives of families raising children and teens living with bipolar disorder and related conditions.
BringChange2Mind and CABF: Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness
The Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation improves the lives of families raising children and teens living with bipolar disorder and related conditions.
Flipswitch Podcast: Talking Down Naysayers, Joining Your Treatment Team, and More!
Flipswitch: The Bipolar and Depression Connection is a 30-minute downloadable audio series that deals with issues teens and young adults face when they have a mood disorder such as bipolar disorder or depression.
Flipswitch, The Bipolar and Depression Connection has got your ‘back to school’ covered!
The latest episode, to be released this Monday, focuses on mental health awareness on campus. Tune in for our interview with Active Minds founder, Alison Malmon. With over 200 chapters nationwide, Active Minds utilizes the student voice to change the conversation about mental health on college campuses. Through campus-wide events and national programs, Active Minds aims to remove the stigma that surrounds mental health issues, and create a comfortable environment for an open conversation about mental health issues on campuses throughout North America.
A Terrible Wish
By Anonymous (a physician)
I have a terrible wish that breaks my heart. I wish my son had childhood leukemia instead of what he does have, a mental illness called childhood bipolar disorder (BP).
You see, if only my son had childhood leukemia instead of BP…
He would have a 90% chance of being cured and only a 10% chance of dying.
Family and friends would rally to support him and us. They would stay at his bedside. They would send cards and balloons and flowers. They would prepare meals for us. They would be there for him and us.
Foundations would answer his fondest wish, and professional athletes and clowns would come to his bedside to bring him a smile.
He would be treated on a caring cancer ward in a beautiful children's hospital made possible by gifts from private individuals and foundations. Our insurance company would not put a limit on the number of days he could spend in the hospital, and there would be plenty of outstanding pediatric oncologists willing to treat him.
If he needed $100,000 for a bone marrow transplantation, medical insurance would cover it. If not, family, friends, and strangers would donate money to ensure that he received the life-saving treatment.
But my son does not have leukemia. He has a mental illness and…