"Demitri and Janice Papolos have broken important new ground by taking on the challenging problem of bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder in children and adolescents. The disorder is much more prevalent than has traditionally been accepted by many mental health professionals, frequently undiagnosed or misdiagnosed, and imperfectly treated. This new book reviews what is known about this too-long overlooked, but rather common, pediatric disorder, balancing scientific and clinical knowledge with moving personal accounts of experiences of real families who have known the problems all too well, typically with too little appropriate help.Their efforts are welcome, and should help to open up a much-needed, wider consideration of pediatric bipolar disorder, its distinction from behavioral and attention disorders of youth, and the need for redoubled efforts at serious scientific study as well as clinical efforts to improve its timely recognition and long-term treatment.This book has major public health significance."
--Ross J. Baldessarini, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School
"The Bipolar Child is a well-organized, practical, and authoritative book by highly knowledgeable authors. As the first book on this subject, it fills a huge void and will be extremely helpful for families."
--E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., Executive Director NAMI Research Institute
"A highly readable book for parents and caretakers explaining a very complex disorder that is still not well understood by either scientists or clinicians.The BipolarChild will help families understand the out-of-control child. It includes moving and sensitive accounts from many families who have experienced this disorder first hand. The good news is that there is treatment, and it works."
--Laurie Flynn, Executive Director of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
"Up until now no literature has addressed the issue of bipolar disorder, but with this book, the Papoloses have somehow managed to climb into the minds of the parents of bipolar children and answer our tremendous number of questions....Finally, parents of bipolar children have a book that will help them find hope!"
--S.M. Tomie Burke, founder, Parents of Bipolar Children and the BPParent Listserv
"A pioneering, courageous, and potentially life-saving chronicle of the realities of living with a manic-depressive child....By listening to the parents' stories, and profiting from the Papoloses groundbreaking research, an entire generation of children can get help and go on to lead productive lives."
--Victoria Secunda, author of When Madness Comes Home
