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Originally posted by ladybug1116
We just had the magazine come into work and I have it sitting open at my desk as I type this. I haven't read the whole article yet but the checklist "Is your child bipolar?" is really inappropriate. This checklist has a list of 40 characteristics to determine whether or not "your child" may suffer from the illness...however the checklist is vague and not truly indicative of the disease. Some sample items on this list..."Complains of being bored", "has difficulty arising in the a.m.", "is hyperactive/excitable in the p.m.", "lies to avoid consequences of actions" The list continues pretty much in the same manner. These are not extraordinary characteristics and certainly do not really illustrate the manifestation of bipolar disorder.
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Exactly, I have those above "symptoms"
and I'm not bipolar.
I think people these days are turing certain normal behaviors into pathologies.