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The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder -- Third Edition
Written by Demitri Papolos, M.D. and Janice Papolos

Psychology & Psychiatry - Child Psychology | Broadway | Trade Paperback
October 2007 | $15.95 | 978-0-7679-2860-1 (0-7679-2860-1)

Since it first appeared on bookshelves, The Bipolar Child has made an indelible mark on the field of psychiatry and has become the resource that families rely upon. Now, with more than 200,000 copies sold, the first book about early-onset bipolar disorder is completely revised and expanded.

Bipolar disorder—manic depression—was once thought...

		Could It Be Autism? Written by Nancy Wiseman Family & Relationships - Child Development; Family & Relationships - Children with Special Needs \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback April 2007 \| $12.95 \| 978-0-7679-1973-9 (0-7679-1973-4) If you have questions or concerns about your child’s social, emotional, or behavioral development, you’re not alone. The number of children affected by autism—an umbrella term for a wide spectrum of disorders that includes “classic” autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett syndrome—is growing every year. Most children are not diagnosed until they... Read More

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		Could It Be Autism? Written by Nancy Wiseman Family & Relationships - Child Development; Family & Relationships - Children with Special Needs \| Broadway \| Hardcover January 2006 \| $22.95 \| 978-0-7679-1972-2 (0-7679-1972-6) If you have questions or concerns about your child’s social, emotional, or behavioral development, you’re not alone. The number of children affected by autism—an umbrella term for a wide spectrum of disorders that includes “classic” autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett syndrome—is growing every year. Most children are not diagnosed until they... Read More

		Acquainted with the Night Written by Paul Raeburn Medical - Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback June 2005 \| $14.95 \| 978-0-7679-1438-3 (0-7679-1438-4) In the tradition of Kay Redfield Jamison’s An Unquiet Mind, Acquainted with the Night is a powerful memoir of one man’s struggle to deal with the adolescent depression and bipolar disorder of his son and his daughter. Seven years ago Paul Raeburn’s son, Alex, eleven, was admitted to a psychiatric hospital after... Read More

		Freeing Your Child from Anxiety Written by Tamar Chansky, Ph.D. Family & Relationships - Child Development; Family & Relationships - Emotions; Family & Relationships - Parenting \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback March 2004 \| $14.00 \| 978-0-7679-1492-5 (0-7679-1492-9) Anxiety is the number one mental health problem facing young people today. Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, yet more and more children today are exhibiting symptoms of anxiety, from bedwetting and clinginess to frequent stomach aches, nightmares, and even refusing to go to school. Parents everywhere want to... Read More

		The Highly Sensitive Child Written by Elaine Aron Family & Relationships - Parenting \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback October 2002 \| $14.95 \| 978-0-7679-0872-6 (0-7679-0872-4) The bestselling author and psychologist whose books have topped 240,000 copies in print now addresses the trait of “high sensitivity” in children–and offers a breakthrough parenting guidebook for highly sensitive children and their caregivers. With the publication of The Highly Sensitive Person, Elaine Aron became the first person to identify the inborn... Read More

		Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Written by Karyn Seroussi Family & Relationships - Children with Special Needs; Family & Relationships - Child Development \| Broadway \| Trade Paperback January 2002 \| $14.95 \| 978-0-7679-0798-9 (0-7679-0798-1) When their nineteen-month-old son, Miles, was diagnosed with autism, Karyn Seroussi, a writer, and her husband, a scientist, fought back with the only weapons at their disposal: love and research. Consulting medical papers, surfacing the Web, and networking with other parents, they traced the onset of their child's problems to an... Read More

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