She focused her study on bipolar disorder because there are so many artists who have been affected by it. And you are the parent of a child with bipolar disorder. The only time she has been manic was because of an outside influence like medication. She was misdiagnosed with simple depression, as a lot of bipolar kids are. We didn't recognize the depression for a long time, because it looks so different in kids.
Kids often manifest their symptoms physically, and that makes it tough to recognize.
We had some real tough years with our daughter until she finally got an accurate diagnosis and, more importantly, some self-understanding. Patient-Centered Guides TM are a mix of medical, practical and emotional information, grounded in Western medicine, told by people who have been there. Current titles include books on childhood leukemia, metastatic breast cancer, and a guide for parents with children in the hospital. The online site includes information and links to other resources about various diseases, including childhood leukemia and breast cancer. The first things I can really point to were around age seven or eight.