"Completely revised and expanded to cover advances in drug therapies and research, with important new coping strategies for parents"--Book jacket.
Content Note
Voices from the front -- The diagnostic dilemma -- How to find good treatment -- Prescriptions for treatment -- The genetic aspects of bipolar disorder -- The psychological dimensions -- What causes this condition? -- The impact on the family -- School : a child's world beyond home -- The neuropsychological testing of a bipolar child -- Navigating the shoals of adolescence -- When a child is hospitalized -- The insurance maze -- Agenda for the future.