Bipolar Stages
My wife and I have 5 kids in various stages of growth, including a son who’s been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. When it comes to parenting, the one sure thing I’ve learned is that parenting is a challenge and we all make mistakes (and the kids take great delight in pointing out those mistakes). When you add a child with bipolar disorder into the mix, the challenge becomes a powder keg. It's not just the parents and the bipolar child who’re affected - the entire family feels the...
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The Bipolar Spectrum
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Children and Bipolar Disorder
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Drugmaker Pfizer has decided not to start a late-stage clinical trial of the antipsychotic medication Geodon in children with bipolar disorder. In... Read more »
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Meet John McManamy
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ADHd and Bipolar Disorder
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