Understanding the mind of your bipolar child : the complete guide to the development, treatment, and parenting of children with bipolar disorder

Lombardo, Gregory Thomas 1946- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 031235889X
ISBN: 9780312358891
Physical Description: print
x, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. I: Diagnosis. 1 Understanding Bipolar Disorder -- 2 Difficulties with Diagnosis - Pt. II: Development. 3 The Bipolar Infant: Trouble Settling In -- 4 The Bipolar Toddler: Learning to Accept No -- 5 The Bipolar Child's Effect on the Family -- 6 Going Out into the World: School, Separation Again, and Functioning in a Group -- 7 The Bipolar Child from Eight to Twelve: Entering the Peer Group, Mastering Aggression, and Developing Skills -- 8 Early Adolescence and the Middle School Years: Increasing Academic Demands, Cognitive Problems, and Hormonal Changes -- 9 Adolescence: Separation, Intimacy and Identity Formation, Adolescent Rebellion, and Consumption Disorders -- 10 Late Adolescence: College and Other Moratoriums -- 11 Diagnoses That May Accompany Bipolar Disorder -- Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder -- Oppositional Defiant Disorder -- Conduct Disorder -- Panic Disorder -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Social Anxiety Disorder -- Borderline Personality Disorder -- Narcissistic Personality Disorder -- Dissociation and Bipolar Disorder - Pt. III: Treatment. 12 Psychotherapy -- 13 Conclusion: Bipolar Disorder at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century.