While the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adults increased nearly 2-fold during the 10-year study period, the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in youth increased approximately 40-fold during this periodThis is the change from 1994 to 2003. A 40-fold increase in child bipolar diagnoses. I advise all readers to check out the limitations of the study pointed out at Psych Central. Even with some caveats, the results can be accurately described as stunning.
Well, Joe Beiderman (1, 2), are you happy about this development? Perhaps the child bipolar crew at Mass General can write another op-ed and defend how work by Biederman and friends has helped to push "awareness" (or is it misdiagnosis?) of child bipolar disorder.
In the meantime, is it the Youth Gone Wild or the Treatment of Youth Gone Wild?
4 or 5 years from now, the headlines will read:
ReplyDeleteDiagnoses of Dystonia & Dyskinesia Jump 4,000%,
Scientists Baffled by Epidemic of Movement Disorders
Ben Hansen
Traverse City, Michigan
Institute for Nearly Genuine Research
www.bonkersinstitute.org
Hypothalamic dysfunction and food additives to blame for some of it? The rest Big Pharma cashing in.
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