Pediatric Bipolar Disorder in an Era of "Mindless Psychiatry"

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-68

  Parry, Peter I ^a   Levin, Edmund C ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Alta Bates Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

affective disorders; attachment; behavioral disorders; behavioral medicine; childhood trauma; diagnostic validity; DSM validity; emotion regulation; pediatric illness; professional attitudes

Indexed keywords

QUETIAPINE; ZIPRASIDONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG INDUSTRY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; NEGLECT; NEUROBIOLOGY; POLYPHARMACY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIETY; THEORY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860233441     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2011.597826     Document Type: Review

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