Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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Child Psychiatrist seeing Children MIsdiagnosed as Bipolar and Receiving Unnecessary Medication

In the past 10 years, I've seen countless of overstimulated or dysregulated children who were misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder; some were given heavy duty antipsychotics, experienced weight gain, and saw no improvement.  My experience has been that when children have frequent meltdowns or tantrums, are oppositional, and/or aggressive, a... Read moreChevron