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Bipolar Child – lots of useful information, including links to online support
groups and a directory of local support groups. http://www.bipolarchild.com/
The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF) On-Line Support Groups
(formerly called BPParents) are open to adult members of CABF who are raising a
child or adolescent diagnosed with, or at risk for, bipolar disorder. Most
groups are for parents/guardians only, but some groups accept non-parent
professionals as participants.
http://www.bpkids.org/community/supportgroups/online/
It's Nobody's Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their
Parents by Harold Koplewicz. Times Books. This book discusses diagnosis,
treatment, and prognosis for ADD, OCD, separation anxiety, social phobia,
generalized anxiety disorder, enuresis/bedwetting, Tourette Syndrome,
depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, eating disorders, conduct disorders, and
autism spectrum disorders.
It's important to be aware that depression in children can look very
different from depression in adults. There's a fact sheet on the topic
from NIMH (the National Institute of Mental Health) at
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depchildresfact.cfm.
1-800-SUICIDE is the phone number for the National Suicide Hotline
And an important article, especially for parents of exceptionally/profoundly
gifted children, who are prone to “existential” depressions: “Existential
Depression in Gifted Individuals” by James Webb.
http://www.giftedpsychologypress.com/aart_webb2.html
It's Nobody's Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and Their
Parents by Harold Koplewicz. Times Books. This book discusses diagnosis,
treatment, and prognosis for ADD, OCD, separation anxiety, social phobia,
generalized anxiety disorder, enuresis/bedwetting, Tourette Syndrome,
depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, eating disorders, conduct disorders, and
autism spectrum disorders.
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