If Your Adolescent Has Bipolar Disorder - An Essential Resource for Parents

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A practical parent-focused resource on adolescent bipolar disorder, explaining mood disorder patterns, early onset, and how symptoms can differ from adults, which complicates diagnosis. The book frames the impact on families through real-life accounts and emphasizes the prevalence of the condition among U.S. adolescents. It outlines treatment pathways—medication and psychotherapy—plus guidance for locating providers, supporting daily life, and managing challenges from school and social media to crises.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages250

Reading Time10 h 30 min

Introduction

One Understanding Bipolar Disorder

Two Treatment: Medication

Three Treatment: Psychotherapy

Four Finding a Provider

Five Helping at Home

Six Sex, Drugs, and Social Media

Seven Surviving School

Eight Life After High School

Nine Coping With Crises

Conclusion: Where’s the Hope?

Appendix: Approval Glossary

Resources

Bibliography

Index

If Your Adolescent Has Bipolar Disorder [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Daniel Romer, PhD, Director of Research The Adolescent Mental Health Initiative of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Sunnylands Trust Patrick E. Jamieson, PhD, series editor Other books in the series If Your Adolescent Has Schizophrenia Raquel E. Gur, MD, and Ann Braden Johnson, PhD If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder Edna B. Foa, PhD, and Linda Wasmer Andrews If Your Adolescent Has ADHD Tomas J. Power, PhD, and Linda Wasmer Andrews If Your Adolescent Has an Eating Disorder B. Timothy Walsh, MD, and Deborah R. Glasofer, PhD If Your Adolescent Has Depression Dwight L. Evans, MD, Moira A. Rynn, MD, and Katherine Ellison [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) If Your Adolescent Has Bipolar Disorder An Essential Resource for Parents Dwight L. Evans, MD, Tami D. Benton, MD, and Katherine Ellison [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2023 First edition published as If Your Adolescent Has Depression or Bipolar Disorder: An Essential Resource for Parents, by Dwight L. Evans, MD, and Linda Wasmer Andrews (Oxford University Press, 2005) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Evans, Dwight L., author. | Benton, Tami, author. | Ellison, Katherine, 1957– author. Title: If your adolescent has bipolar disorder : an essential resource for parents / Dwight L. Evans, Tami D. Benton, and Katherine Ellison. Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press,[2023] | Series: The adolescent mental health initiative of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Sunnylands Trust | Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: LCCN 2022053506 (print) | LCCN 2022053507 (ebook) | ISBN 9780197636015 (hardback) | ISBN 9780197636022 (paperback) | ISBN 9780197636046 (epub) | ISBN 9780197636053 Subjects: LCSH: Bipolar disorder in adolescence—Popular works. | Bipolar disorder in adolescence—Treatment—Popular works. | Parent and teenager—Popular works. Classification: LCC RJ506 .D4 E927 2023 (print) | LCC RJ506 .D4 (ebook) | DDC 616.89/500835—dc23/eng/20230210 LC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2022053506](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022053506) LC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2022053507](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022053507) [DOI: 10.1093/med-psych/9780197636015.001.0001](DOI: 10.1093/med-psych/9780197636015.001.0001) [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Introduction One Understanding Bipolar Disorder Two Treatment: Medication Three Treatment: Psychotherapy Four Finding a Provider Five Helping at Home Six Sex, Drugs, and Social Media Seven Surviving School Eight Life After High School Nine Coping With Crises Conclusion: Where’s the Hope? Appendix: Approval Glossary Resources Bibliography Index [OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com) Unnerving Highs and Lows One of the few predictable things about raising a child

FAQs

What is adolescent bipolar disorder and how does it present over time?

It is a mood disorder marked by potentially harmful shifts in attitude and behavior, commonly alternating mania-like “highs” with cycles of depression. Symptoms can be disruptive and may make the child seem unrecognizable from one period to another.

Why is early onset bipolar disorder hard to diagnose in children and teens?

Symptoms in young people often differ from those in adults, which can make identification more difficult. The book notes that diagnosis can occur in children as young as 6, with onset most often during adolescence.

What treatment options does the book emphasize for adolescents with bipolar disorder?

It covers treatment through medication and psychotherapy, and also provides guidance on finding an appropriate provider. It further supports parents with practical strategies for day-to-day life and managing crises.

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