Comments on: Treating Bipolar Disorder in Children http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/07/30/treating-bipolar-disorder-in-children/ Dr. John Grohol's daily update on all things in psychology and mental health. Since 1999. Sat, 26 May 2012 02:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Amber http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/07/30/treating-bipolar-disorder-in-children/comment-page-1/#comment-667025 Amber Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:25:00 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2256#comment-667025 My daughter is almost eleven years old and was first diagnosed with A mental disorder when she was three. We went thru many different medications and psychotherapy. She has been hospitalized five times in six years. We have struggled with being thrown out of school and daycare several times. I have tried so many different medications together with mood stabilizers as well as ADHD meds. Day after day it has been an uphill battle. I am becoming more and more desperate everyday for someone to help us. I am tired of doctors using my daughter as a guinea pig for trying a new medication everyone they hit the market. My daughter is almost eleven years old and was first diagnosed with A mental disorder when she was three. We went thru many different medications and psychotherapy. She has been hospitalized five times in six years. We have struggled with being thrown out of school and daycare several times. I have tried so many different medications together with mood stabilizers as well as ADHD meds. Day after day it has been an uphill battle. I am becoming more and more desperate everyday for someone to help us. I am tired of doctors using my daughter as a guinea pig for trying a new medication everyone they hit the market.

]]> By: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/07/30/treating-bipolar-disorder-in-children/comment-page-1/#comment-628290 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:08:35 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2256#comment-628290 [...] Treating Bipolar Disorder in Children [...] [...] Treating Bipolar Disorder in Children [...]

]]> By: Sherry Freeman http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/07/30/treating-bipolar-disorder-in-children/comment-page-1/#comment-623338 Sherry Freeman Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:08:11 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2256#comment-623338 Well, I have a child that is 9 who is bi-polar. His first mediacation wa resperidal. It took him getting in trouble for some one to actually tell what he had. Now that I know he is bi-polar I can cope better and adjust. He is now on 3 different types of medication. Right now he is in a treatment center. He was so lout of control that even mental health professsionals couldnot handle him. I think the fact that he was so showing sysmptoms of bi-polar it had them in a confused mood. I knew in my heart all of his actions were not just behavoiral and he could control them. Like I said it took them until he got in trouble with the courts to get him the help he needed. I tried every thing therapy, entensive case management and all. Everyone kept saying what are you going to do when he is teenager. I was trying to get intrevetion before then. Get him on the right path while he was young. I think it floored them that I was trying so hard at being able to handle him and get him the help he needed. I started getting hlep for him when he was 3. He started seeinga a therapist at the age 4. like Isaid I knew something else was going on with him. It was until he was sent to a treatment center last year that anyone told me he was bipolar. Well, I have a child that is 9 who is bi-polar. His first mediacation wa resperidal. It took him getting in trouble for some one to actually tell what he had. Now that I know he is bi-polar I can cope better and adjust. He is now on 3 different types of medication. Right now he is in a treatment center. He was so lout of control that even mental health professsionals couldnot handle him. I think the fact that he was so showing sysmptoms of bi-polar it had them in a confused mood. I knew in my heart all of his actions were not just behavoiral and he could control them. Like I said it took them until he got in trouble with the courts to get him the help he needed. I tried every thing therapy, entensive case management and all. Everyone kept saying what are you going to do when he is teenager. I was trying to get intrevetion before then. Get him on the right path while he was young. I think it floored them that I was trying so hard at being able to handle him and get him the help he needed. I started getting hlep for him when he was 3. He started seeinga a therapist at the age 4. like Isaid I knew something else was going on with him. It was until he was sent to a treatment center last year that anyone told me he was bipolar.

]]> By: Why Internet Addiction Still Doesn’t Exist - World of Psychology http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/07/30/treating-bipolar-disorder-in-children/comment-page-1/#comment-598079 Why Internet Addiction Still Doesn’t Exist - World of Psychology Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:01:26 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2256#comment-598079 [...] Doctors having no problem treating disorders that don’t officially exist, including Internet addiction, one of those non-existent disorders that nonetheless actually has clinics devoted to its “treatment.” [...] [...] Doctors having no problem treating disorders that don’t officially exist, including Internet addiction, one of those non-existent disorders that nonetheless actually has clinics devoted to its “treatment.” [...]

]]> By: FDA and Child Bipolar « pasadena therapist http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/07/30/treating-bipolar-disorder-in-children/comment-page-1/#comment-550975 FDA and Child Bipolar « pasadena therapist Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:15:48 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2256#comment-550975 [...] Addendum: Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry also posts on this topic, and points to a John Grohol post at Psych Central, also on child bipolar. Dr. Grohol rightly points out that the FDA logic for sanctioning this diagnosis is circular… Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Autism: Curious?How do you diagnose a case of autism? [...] [...] Addendum: Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry also posts on this topic, and points to a John Grohol post at Psych Central, also on child bipolar. Dr. Grohol rightly points out that the FDA logic for sanctioning this diagnosis is circular… Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Autism: Curious?How do you diagnose a case of autism? [...]

]]> By: Avrum Nadigel http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/07/30/treating-bipolar-disorder-in-children/comment-page-1/#comment-550740 Avrum Nadigel Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:16:01 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2256#comment-550740 Having worked on an early-psychosis team (bipolar), I can assure you that we find what we look for and believe to be true (read: bias). And this is true for child protection, psychiatry... all of mental health. Clients have very little understanding about the politics that inform many of our decisions. Having worked on an early-psychosis team (bipolar), I can assure you that we find what we look for and believe to be true (read: bias). And this is true for child protection, psychiatry… all of mental health. Clients have very little understanding about the politics that inform many of our decisions.

]]> By: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/07/30/treating-bipolar-disorder-in-children/comment-page-1/#comment-550585 John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:29:23 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=2256#comment-550585 I should also mention that the letter writer, Janet Wozniak, is a prominent researcher in the area of pediatric bipolar disorder (meaning that she has a lot of her own reputation on the line for this condition). She is also a colleague (and sometime co-author) with Joseph Biederman, the single researcher who appears in nearly every study conducted on pediatric bipolar disorder. That's also the same Joe Biederman who recently failed to report $1.6 million over 7 years of drug company payments. You know, the same drug companies who owe much of their expanded market in bipolar pediatrics to Biederman. See the NY Times for the coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/08conflict.html?em This is the guy who's been pushing the pediatric bipolar disorder diagnosis. One who apparently in the back pocket of the same pharmaceutical companies who benefit financially from his research. Sickening? You bet. I should also mention that the letter writer, Janet Wozniak, is a prominent researcher in the area of pediatric bipolar disorder (meaning that she has a lot of her own reputation on the line for this condition). She is also a colleague (and sometime co-author) with Joseph Biederman, the single researcher who appears in nearly every study conducted on pediatric bipolar disorder.

That’s also the same Joe Biederman who recently failed to report $1.6 million over 7 years of drug company payments. You know, the same drug companies who owe much of their expanded market in bipolar pediatrics to Biederman. See the NY Times for the coverage:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/08conflict.html?em

This is the guy who’s been pushing the pediatric bipolar disorder diagnosis. One who apparently in the back pocket of the same pharmaceutical companies who benefit financially from his research. Sickening? You bet.

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