Children’s mental health: Bipolar disorders

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 50, No. 7, September 2008, Page 405 News

The theme of the current issue of Children’s Mental Health Research Quarterly, a publication from Simon Fraser University’s Children’s Health Policy Centre, is diagnosing and treating childhood bipolar disorder. Articles include:

• A basic guide to bipolar disorder: What is bipolar disorder? How common is it? And what can be done to help children who have it? Answers to the most commonly asked questions.

• What do the numbers tell us? One study found a fortyfold increase in childhood bipolar diagnoses be­tween 1994 and 2004. Two conflicting explanations for this dramatic rise in rates are examined.

• Prescription for a delicate balancing act. Children with bipolar disorder need medication that is safe and effective—but every medication carries some risk. High-quality studies are discussed.

To read the issue online, go to www.childhealthpolicy.sfu.ca/research_quarterly_08/rq-pdf/RQ-3-08-Summer.pdf.

. Children’s mental health: Bipolar disorders. BCMJ, Vol. 50, No. 7, September, 2008, Page(s) 405 - News.


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