The bipolar child : the definitive and reassuring guide to childhood's most misunderstood disorder

Papolos, Demitri F. (Author). Papolos, Janice. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780767922975
ISBN: 9780767928601 (Broadway pbk.)
ISBN: 0767922972
Physical Description: print
xxii, 474 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, c2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [444]-459) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

PART I: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT: Voices from the front -- The diagnostic dilemma -- How to find good treatment -- Prescriptions for treatment -- The genetic aspects of bipolar disorder -- PART II: INSIDE THE BRAIN AND MIND: The psychological dimensions -- What causes this condition? -- PART III: LIVING AND COPING WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER: The impact on the family -- School: a child's world beyond home -- The neuropsychological testing of a bipolar child -- Navigating the shoals of adolescence -- When a child is hospitalized -- The insurance man -- PART IV: LIFE GOES ON: Agenda for the future -- The bipolar child questionnaire.