Bipolar Disorder in Children - Keeping Kids Healthy

One minute your child is on top of the world -- giddy with laughter, full of energy and confidence. The next, he's raging, or crying, or talking of suicide. What's going on? The answer might - just might - be bipolar disorder, a mood disorder that can strike children as well as adults. But it isn't an easy diagnosis for even the most skilled mental health professional, and there's tremendous disagreement about what really constitutes bipolar disorder in kids, and how it should be treated. Join us for an in-depth visit with three children who have been diagnosed as bipolar, and meet the parents who care for them. And hear what two of the field's leading experts have to say about proper diagnosis and treatment: how to recognize the disorder in your child, how to avoid those all-too-easy incorrect diagnoses, and what you really need to know to get the right treatment for your child. Guests: Eva Kemp, age 13 Barbara Kemp, Eva’s mother Kevin Reardon, age 12 Loretta Reardon, Kevin’s mother Parker Ross, age 17 Lolli & Ken Ross, Parker’s parents (taped video pkg) Gabrielle Carlson, MD - Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Stony Brook School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY; Jill Goldberg Arnold, PhD - Consulting Psychologist, Multi-Family Psycho-Education for Families of Children with Bipolar Disorder, The Ohio State University