Talk:Bipolar disorder in children

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This article was created from the "Children" section in the main bipolar disorder article, because that section was growing overlong, and clearly needed a more detailed treatment in a separate article.

This allows the main article section to be greatly reduced in length, allowing the main work on this topic to be carried out here. Which is good, because this article currently needs much work, particularly in the area of verifiability. -- Karada 14:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I added cautions to the diagnostic section. I have had over 25 years experience in child psychiatry and have found that many psychiatrists have not taken the time to do proper evaluations before using making this diagnosis which can have profound effects upon the child's life, not to speak of the use of multiple medications some of which have not been shown to be safe in children. I believe that some of the motivation for the over-use of this diagnosis are: 1) the need to satisfy managed care companies with a diagnosis that justifies hospital stays; 2) the wish of both parent and clinician to find a pharmacologic answer to the problem, and 3) possible encouragement by pharmaceutical companies to prescribe off label. I am also wary of research funded by pharmaceutical companies.--Jhedberg 00:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Your addition seemed more like a comment, and, if it was, belongs on this page. However, if you have citations to support the statements that would be good. As an encyclopedia article, the first person pronoun is not used. DPeterson^talk 12:28, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

If I write it in the proper format and list references, will you allow my cautions to stay in the article? I feel that an article for consumption by the general public should reflect in part the reality of our work "down in the trenches." I have attended many trainings by Harvard psychopharmacologists and one thing that is always stated is that diagnostic criteria must be adhered to when studying drug effectiveness and prognosis. They neglect to consider how the clinician in the field will use their data. I doubt(know) that most clinicians really follow the same criteria as do researchers. I have re-diagnosed many children who have been called bipolar and have changed, decreased, or stopped their psychotropic medications to their benefit. This is a result of my attention to detail and an individualized approach to each evaluation rather than a "checklist mentality."Jhedberg 03:18, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Looking more into correlation between alcoholism in parents and bipolar disorder in children; help would be nice if possible! thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ceail Linden (talk • contribs) 20:42, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

there must be controversy, please include. i'm watching Frontline: The Medicated Child on pbs. i think someone should write up the negatives, in case someone is looking into this issue 68.161.101.247 (talk) 04:54, 18 March 2008 (UTC)