History of Bipolar Diagnosis in Children

National Public Radio has aired a story that examines the history of the increasing diagnosis of children with bipolar disorder in the United States.  The draft of the DSM-V that was just recently released attempts to mitigate against this trend with its proposal for a new diagnostic category: Temper Dysregulation Disorder.

You can access the NPR story at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123544191

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