Your Child Does Not Have Bipolar Disorder: How Bad Science and Good Public Relations Created the Diagnosis (Childhood in America)
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0313381348 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Dr. Kaplan's book is an essential guide for clinicians and parents for understanding, diagnosing, and treating what is often mistakenly referred to as pediatric bipolar disorder.--Susan D. Mayes, Ph.D., Chief Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry, Penn State College of MeI'm glad there's a book out there for parents who want to dispute the bipolar diagnosis-there are certainly enough on the other side. Lawrence Diller, M.D. Developmental Pediatrician and author of Running on Ritalin, Remembering Ritalin and others.Kaplan's contrarian perspective would be mainstream in Australasian or European psychiatry, where pre-pubertal cases of bipolar disorder are still considered extremely rare. this scholarly yet fast paced read has a place on bookshelves. Dr. Peter Parry, consultant child psychiatrist, Aus. Australasian Psychiatry, Vol 19, October 2011"Your Child Does Not Have Bipolar Disorder is a well-organized and readable critique of the diagnosis of pediatric bipolar disorder that presents strong evidence that bipolar disorder does not exist in children under the age of 12. We recommend this book for child psychiatrists, parents, pediatricians, general practitioners, and other health professionals who treat this difficult pediatric population. With the ongoing controversy surrounding the diagnosis of pediatric bipolar disorder, it is imperative that health professionals take the initiative to educate themselves, and this book is a welcome vehicle to guide critical appraisal of the relevant literature from Dr. Kaplan's perspective. It could also serve as an invaluable tool for parents struggling with difficult-to-manage children and perhaps provide some guidance and clarity around more appropriate diagnosis and evidence-based interventions." - Canadian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
An eminent child psychiatrist provides an insider's, whistle-blowing perspective on the promotion of a diagnostic entity that does not exist.• Arresting case histories• A reference section
Read this book Reviewer Dissuading people from reading this book is doing a disservice to anyone affected by the issue it addresses. Read with an open mind, this book may be an invaluable resource to parents, professionals, and others struggling to help a child with symptoms that may be mistakenly ascribed to pediatric bipolar disorder. Written by a prominent child and adolescent psychiatrist, this book presents a clear and logical argument that should be heard and considered, if not embraced by anyone involved in the care of a child whose symptoms have resulted in a diagnosis of pediatric bipolar disorder.. CGG said While rare, there are bipolar children.. While perhaps rare, to say childhood bipolar does not exist is fallacy. This thinking is exactly what led to a misdiagnosis in my bipolar child. Several hospitalizations later, with the help of lithium and abilify all mania has subsided. With a little SSRI to assist with depressive symptoms and adjudicative light therapy my child is back to a normal baseline. Please explain to me, Dr. Kaplan, how lithium was the key medication to normalizing mood swings in a 9 year old? From so depressed he would not smile and slept all day to inability to sit still, pressured speech, loss of cognitive . Childhood bipolar disorder thomas McKnight Dr. Kaplan has provided a quality review of the non-science that led to the dramatic increase in the diagnosis of biopolar disorder in children; the disorder that never was. Thus, we have another, on a very short list, who is willing to stand and proclaim that the king has no clothes. It is beyond understanding to note that physicians have elected to medicate thousands of children who present "symptoms," consistent with a variety of other diagnoses, normal development, or rather common behavioral problems. This book is a must read for every physician (including psychiatrists), psycholog