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Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents - A Review of What is known.
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Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Review of What is known. Tracey B. Katz Intro. To Research Methods Dr. Bernie Newman 11/10/02 Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder which causes shifts in moods, energy, and one's ability to function on a daily basis. Bipolar disorder can further severely impair people's capacity to perform on the job, in school, damage relationships, and even lead to suicide. "Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live. It is an illness that is biological in it's origins, yet one that feels psychological in the experience of it; an illness that is unique in converging advantage and pleasure, yet one that brings in its wake almost unendurable suffering and, not infrequently, suicide,"(NIMH, 2001). More than two million American adults, or about 1 percent of the population 18 and older in any given year have...
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