Diagnosis bipolar five families search for answers

DVD 2010

Suicidal impulses, hyper-sexuality, recurring nightmares--these are only a few of the symptoms of bipolar disorder. But what is it like for families of bipolar children and teens? This documentary takes viewers inside five households ravaged by the illness, revealing painful dilemmas over medication, school, and family dynamics. Weary of her tantrums, Liv's parents have twice hospitalized her. Siblings Annie and Casey were a high-risk adoption an...

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Bipolar disorder in adolescence

Bipolar disorder in children

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1 videodisc (48:41 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in

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CHVR: Not rated
Audience: Adult

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Five families search for answers [DVD]

Notes:

Videodisc release of the 2009 HBO television production
Directed and produced by Kate Davis, David Heilbroner ; co-producer Nancy Stanton Talcott ; executive producer Sheila Nevins
Commentary by Dr. Janet Wozniak (director, Pediatric Bipolar Research, Massachusetts General Hospital), Dr. Ellen Leibenluft (chief, Pediatric Mood Disorders Unit, National Institute of Mental Health), Dr. Ken Duckworth (medical director, National Alliance on Mental Illness); Dr. Peter Gherardi (child psychiatrist), and by family members
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Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

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921153

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Davis, Kate, 1960 February 23-
Duckworth, Ken
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Gherardi, Peter
Heilbroner, David
Home Box Office (Firm)
Leibenhuft, Ellen
Nevins, Sheila
Talcott, Nancy Stanton
Wozniak, Janet

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