MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bipolar child'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:46:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4151877&cid=t_423641_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F09%2Fhelp-the-child-adolescent-bipolar-foundation-win-a-grant%2F The Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF) is competing for a $250,000 grant from The Pepsi Refresh Project during the month of November. The winners will be decided by popular vote. CABF needs your votes every day this month! There are over 5 million U.S. youth who live with depression or bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, only a very small percentage receive treatment. CABF will use the grant from Pepsi to raise public awareness and help more youth who suffer from depression or bipolar disorder. Less than a minute of your day can have amazing long-term benefits for children and teens. Learn more by going to www.bpkids.org/pepsi and a chance to win 1 of 3 iPads (if they win!). Click through to vote now! Or vote through one of the links below… Vote on the Pepsi Site Vo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4151877 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:14:29 +0100 4151877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139290&cid=t_423641_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F05%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-november-5-2010%2F Only a few days ago, it felt like summer and now the holidays are fast approaching. As the warm days sheds its last ray of summer sunlight, I can’t help but reflect on the past. It seems as though somewhere between childhood and today, there was a time when life seemed a lot simpler, and so much more magical. Instead of fear, worry and disappointment, there was excitement, joy and hope. And even though being an adult often mean less presents and more shopping during the holidays, I still believe in the possibilities of the end of an old year and what the beginning of a new one brings. Maybe it’s all in our attitude. If we can learn how to bring gifts to ourselves and those we love through appreciation and recognition for the things done well, then maybe we can forgo the need fo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139290 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:27:10 +0100 4139290 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424203&cid=t_423641_109_f&fid=34752&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychsplash%2F%7E3%2F5MPgCfRu2gg%2F URL: http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/Chock full of health education and wellness tips. They will answer any health question on sex, relationships, drugs, general health and emotional well-being. 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PsychSplash blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200523 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:00:27 +0100 2200523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1531244&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=34843&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furiousseasons.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2Fneuroscientist_slams_the_bipolar_child_paradigm.html I wasn't aware of Michael Merzenich's website before yesterday, but he popped up on my radar when he took a swing at the bipolar child paradigm. Merzenich is an emeritus professor of neuroscience at UCSF, is an expert on brain plasticity (a very important end of the neuro world) and runs a company called Posit Science, about which I know nothing. I'd say the guy has some substantial academic chops (here's his list of publications) and so it was nice to see him offer the following: "This is an arena in which medical school-based researchers like Dr. Biederman and his colleagues can really play a key role. For kids with severe emotional problems,this team does not appear to have tested a drug that they did not really like. Risperidone, olanzapine, aripiprazole, atomoxetine, bupropion, dival... Furious Seasons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531244 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1531244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1451799&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=34843&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furiousseasons.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2Fnewsweek_takes_on_the_bipolar_child.html The new issue of Newsweek has a cover story on a child who allegedly has bipolar disorder and, while it is an article filled with lots of detail and heart, it is also one of the worst pieces of journalism on the alleged disorder that I have ever seen. I'll return to the media criticism in a second. The article concerns a boy named Max, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and hyperactivity when he was two. He's been on 38 different meds, including Zyprexa at two years old. He's been hospitalized. He's been in therapy (still is). He's made suicide attempts. His parents, seemingly educated and fairly normal, have tried everything. He even had an off-meds trial that lasted for one month (probably not long enough to assess things, but then I wasn't there). Their son is 10 years old now. He... Furious Seasons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1451799 Mon, 19 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1451799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1356120&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=34843&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furiousseasons.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F04%2Fpbs_reruns_the_medicated_child_tonight.html PBS is rerunning its January "Frontline" piece on the bipolar child paradigm called "The Medciated Child." The piece airs this evening at 9 p.m. on many PBS stations. Check your local listings for the time in your area. There was a huge response to the piece the first time out. PBS tells me it got over 1,000 and emails and comments to its website. So for those of you who haven't seen it, watch the show, which is pretty well done and gets at most of the major issues around kids with alleged mental illnesses. In pacticular, you can have fun watching how the doctors of Harvard University refused to respond to "Frontline" and passed off duties for defending the paradigm they created on a doc at Stanford. You can also watch the show online here. PBS is also hosting a web conversation about al... Furious Seasons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1356120 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1356120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1352044&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=34843&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furiousseasons.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F04%2Fthe_bipolar_child_rileys_parents_sue_psychiatrist.html The parents of Rebecca Riley, the four-year-old Massachusetts girl diagnosed with ADHD and alleged child bipolar disorder who died in 2006 from an overdose of psych meds, have sued the psychiatrist who made the diagnoses and wrote prescriptions for the girl. "A medical malpractice suit filed yesterday asserts that a Tufts Medical Center psychiatrist who diagnosed the girl as bipolar when she was 28 months old and then treated her for two years with a regimen of powerful drugs is to blame for her death. "'This child was subject to mostly telephone prescriptions and a slipshod diagnosis,' said Boston lawyer Andrew C. Meyer Jr., who represents Rebecca Riley's estate and filed the suit against Dr. Kayoko Kifuji in Suffolk Superior Court. "Six weeks before Rebecca Riley was found dead on Dec... Furious Seasons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1352044 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1352044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1073151&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=34843&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furiousseasons.com%2Farchives%2F2007%2F12%2Fa_question_for_the_child_and_adolescent_bipolar_foundation.html Yesterday, Susan Resko, executive director of CABF, had a letter to the editor in the Chicago Tribune. She was basically trading off some recent news events and using the moment to pimp for treatment of kids and adolescents with alleged bipolar disorder. So far, so whatever. Then she dropped this into her letter: "In fact, researchers and doctors now also recognize the disorder in children and adolescents. Early diagnosis and treatment are lifesaving. Estimates vary, but the suicide rate in untreated bipolar disorder is 30 to 60 times higher than that of the general population." I decided to drop her an email. She didn't answer. Here's the email: "Susan: "I was discouraged by your letter today in the Chicago Tribune. Why is it that you do not acknowledge that there is much controversy... Furious Seasons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1073151 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0100 1073151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=933997&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=34843&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furiousseasons.com%2Farchives%2F2007%2F10%2Fthe_bipolar_child_mass_monitors_meds.html Fascinating piece in yesterday's Boston Globe about how the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is combing records from its state Medicaid program, plucking out all the kids on a certain unnamed antipsychotic (I assume it's Zyprexa) and the kids on more than three psych meds. The justification is that the state is footing the bill for this and there have been some bad outcomes for youngsters on these drugs, so it's time for the state to have a look-see. So far the cases of about three dozen kids have led to the state asking questions of the doctors involved out of about 500 kids the state found on some serious psych meds. This is a first in the nation experiment, which I hope spreads, especially since the state may in some cases measure the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in some kids by interview... Furious Seasons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=933997 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 933997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=923717&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=34843&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furiousseasons.com%2Farchives%2F2007%2F10%2Fthe_bipolar_child_a_fight_breaks_out.html The "60 Minutes" piece on bipolar disorder in children and the Rebecca Riley case continues to generate responses, including one by John McManamy, whom most of you know authored a book on living well with bipolar disorder and depression. McManamy felt the CBS piece maligned parents of bipolar children and he said so on his blog. He called Katie Couric as dumb as Oprah and so on. Coming from someone of McManamy's stature in mental health circles, that's interesting. Couric's piece was far from perfect but it was also far from stupid. But the good times waited until a few people commented on his blog post on Couric. It appears that McManamy thinks anyone criticizing the bipolar child paradigm is an antipsychiatrist, a baseless slur he uses to try and discredit others such as myself and, as ... Furious Seasons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=923717 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 923717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=916119&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=34843&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furiousseasons.com%2Farchives%2F2007%2F10%2Fthe_bipolar_child_maybe_she_was_just_hyper_for_her_age.html I just finished watching the "60 Minutes" piece on child bipolar disorder. It seemed to me to be about as level and as fair a handling of the controversial diagnosis as you could get out of television news. I still find it difficult to fathom that Rebecca Riley's parents are sitting in jail awaiting trial on murder charges for allegedly intentionally overdosing their four-year-old daughter, who was diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar disorder, by giving her too much medication. Regardless of their innocence or guilt, the couple are hardly threats to the community and it strikes me as odd that they are not out on bail pre-trial. I'm a bit startled that that question didn't come up in the show. (Transcript here.) The show didn't shine much light on the Riley case itself, aside from the mother c... Furious Seasons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=916119 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 916119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=876030&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=34843&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furiousseasons.com%2Farchives%2F2007%2F09%2Fthe_bipolar_child_it_depends_on_what_side_of_the_controversy_you_are_on.html Last Friday afternoon, KUOW-FM, Seattle's NPR affiliate, did a program on the bipolar child controversy and the explosion in diagnoses of the disorder in children. The station's guest was Jon McClellan, medical director of the Child Study and Treatment Center at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle. He's also an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Washington and is one of the principal investigators of an ongoing NIMH-=funded study of the use of Lithium in children. Also, McClellan chaired a panel of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry that recently concluded there is no proof that children under 6 can be diagnosed with the disorder. Of course, there are those in psychiatry who think researchers like McClellan are wrong. They ... Furious Seasons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=876030 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 876030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560014&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=35450&url=http%3A%2F%2Fofflabel.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Facronymphomania-pharmacopoetica.html Firstly, a big hat tip to Stephany, who originally alerted me to this wonderful parody of a self-help website . Someone has clearly put a lot of effort into maintaining a detailed, intricate catalogue of the many types of juvenile misbehaviour that warrant heavy-duty psychopharmacological intervention, as well as updating it regularly with witty 'posts', supposedly by parents of children who are "oppositional, defiant and resistant to parenting".The mystery author skilfully satirises identity politics, skewering those who insist on constructing their conceptions of themselves and their offspring purely around the limited (and limiting) notions of saint, martyr, patient, manipulator or victim, by accompanying each 'post' with a 'signature'. The 'signature' lists the diagnoses and medication... Off-Label blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560014 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:22:00 +0100 560014 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552028&cid=t_423641_140_f&fid=35450&url=http%3A%2F%2Fofflabel.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fbipolar-child-paradigm.html Pretty much flat on my back thanks to Zoloft withdrawal - will try and post something a bit more substantial soon.Meanwhile, in view of the debate and interest that the so-called 'Bipolar Child Paradigm' has aroused, I'd be very interested to hear directly from those who experienced severe depressive episodes and/or behaviour that approximates the current DSM definition of mania for adults, between the ages of 5 and 12. By implication, I'm interested to hear from people who had these experiences as children in the '70s, '80s and early '90s, that is well before the explosion of interest in diagnosing the condition in children.And what position am I taking, at least initially? I believe that it is quite possible for children in this age group to suffer severe depression as well as episodes o... Off-Label blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552028 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:53:00 +0100 552028