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can bipolar disorder be learned?
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 48768" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I tend to agree with smallworld. Just because a child rages doesnt mean they have bipolar. They could just be a brat! They do exist in this world. </p><p></p><p>Doctors have their own pet diagnoses just like they have their own set of treatments they like to use. Some parents only seem to want a kid with the latest "fad" diagnosis. They can find a doctor to diagnosis it. It used to be everyone was ADHD, then it went to bipolar, now its Aspie and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Who knows what it will be next year. </p><p></p><p>Me personally, I will stick with a therapist who gets to know me for a long time so they can really see what is making me tick before we go to changing any of my diagnoses. To me, that is the only way to really know what is going on with a person. A day or two of knowing someone in an appointment setting in which you may get at the max...what a few hours tops? How on earth can that penetrate layers of mental illness?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 48768, member: 1514"] I tend to agree with smallworld. Just because a child rages doesnt mean they have bipolar. They could just be a brat! They do exist in this world. Doctors have their own pet diagnoses just like they have their own set of treatments they like to use. Some parents only seem to want a kid with the latest "fad" diagnosis. They can find a doctor to diagnosis it. It used to be everyone was ADHD, then it went to bipolar, now its Aspie and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). Who knows what it will be next year. Me personally, I will stick with a therapist who gets to know me for a long time so they can really see what is making me tick before we go to changing any of my diagnoses. To me, that is the only way to really know what is going on with a person. A day or two of knowing someone in an appointment setting in which you may get at the max...what a few hours tops? How on earth can that penetrate layers of mental illness? [/QUOTE]
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