Bipolar children: cutting edge controversy / Sharna Olfman -- Bipolar syndrome by proxy?: the case of pediatric bipolar disorder / David Healy and Joanna Le Noury -- But don't call it science / Lawrence Diller -- Creating the bipolar child: how our drug-based paradigm of care is fueling an epidemic of disabling mental illness in children / Robert Whitaker -- The childhood bipolar epidemic: brat or bipolar? / Elizabeth J. Roberts -- Disrupted care and disruptive moods: pediatric bipolar disorder in foster-care children / Toni Vaughn Heineman -- Pediatric bipolar disorder and the destruction of lived experience: a case study / William J. Purcell -- An invisible plague: pediatric bipolar disorder and the chemical colonization of childhood / Daniel Burston -- Developmental neurotoxicity of industrial chemicals and pediatric bipolar: a call to research / Philip J. Landrigan
Summary
"In this book, psychologist Shama Olfman leads a team of widely known experts who examine the astonishing rise in the diagnosis of pediatric bipolar disorder, particularly in the absence of any compelling evidence for either the validity of the criteria being used to diagnose it or the safety and effectiveness of the drugs being used to treat it."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-156) and index