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Bipolar Children - Cutting-Edge Controversy, Insights, and Research (Hardcover)
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Bipolar Children - Cutting-Edge Controversy, Insights, and Research (Hardcover)
Series: Childhood in America
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Over the last decade, the number of children diagnosed with bipolar
disorder has increased up to fortyfold. This is a trend exclusive
to the United States, and one that, alarmingly, leads to most of
the diagnosed children--some still in their infancy--being
prescribed antipsychotic drugs, often in combination with
anticonvulsants. These classes of drugs have dangerous side
effects, including a doubling of mortality rates, shortened life
span, extreme weight gain, and Type II diabetes. In this book,
psychologist Sharna Olfman leads a team of widely known experts who
examine the astonishing rise in the diagnosis of pediatric bipolar
disorder, particularly in the absence of any compelling evidence
for either the validity of the criteria being used to diagnose it
or the safety and effectiveness of the drugs being used to treat
it. "When a child is unnecessarily prescribed antipsychotic and
anticonvulsant drugs, his or her mental and physical health may be
irrecoverably compromised," says Olfman. "With as many as
two-and-a-half million children from across the socioeconomic
spectrum now taking antipsychotics, we have set the stage for
widescale child abuse." The contributors to this revealing and
disturbing volume include psychiatrist David Healy, one of the
world's leading authorities on psychotropic drugs; pediatrician
Philip Landrigan, an internationally renowned health researcher;
and Robert Whitaker, an award winning medical journalist. The
contributors identify and explain complex and interrelated factors
that have set the stage for the pediatric bipolar "epidemic," and
they recommend practice and policy changes to stem the tide of
misdiagnosis and dangerous drug prescriptions.
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