Symptoms Of Bipolar Personality Disorder In Adolescents
Is It Bipolar? Or Is It Something Else?
You may have noticed an "Ask" feature here at BipolarConnect. A recent sampling:
"Do all bipolar people lie or is it just my husband?"
"My boyfriend is bipolar and is coping with heroin."
"Is this an episode loving another man not my husband?"
"My husband is bipolar and every time we talk he always tells me I'm attacking him."
Are you beginning to spot a pattern?
First, let me say that these people and others are asking in good faith. They are going through hell. They are at the end of their rope. The...
Expert & Community Posts
Bipolar Disorder in Adolescence and the role of Family Treatment
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...families receive education about developmental issues in teenagers and how to distinguish... Read more »
Digging Deeper Into Anger
By John McManamy , Health Expert...types of anger that even those without a diagnosis of bipolar go through ... "Tabby goes on to... Read more »
My Child May Have Bipolar. Help!
By Ask the Expert Patient , Health Expert...to diagnose him he has 90% of all the symptoms of bipolar and even on Abilify but with out any... Read more »
FDA Approves Risperdal for Children and Adolescents - a Good Move?
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...and for the short-term (three week) treatment of bipolar I disorder in children and adolescents... Read more »
Lonlieness
By Peter Ashenden , Health ExpertLoneliness...I've been pondering this particular problem that those of us labeled with a mental... Read more »
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Meet Sue Bergeson, DBSA President
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...genes determine our behavior? Although the jury is still out, the answer for intricate illnesses like bipolar disorder seems to be much more complicated than originally anticipated. Often in... Read more »How to Use This Site
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