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Bipolar Youth
It used to be called manic depression. Now this volatile form of mental illness is increasingly showing up in children and teenagers

First Person: Lizzie Simon
"Everything was perfect ... and then I went insane"

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Manic Genius
Bipolar disorder and artistic temperament have long been intimately linked

Living Bipolar
A profile of two children and two young adults living with the disorder

Does earlier diagnosis of bipolar disorder help kids by allowing for earlier treatment, or harm them by prematurely judging their condition and raising the risk of mistakes?
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How to spot depression early on
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Fertile Minds 
The critical years in child mental development
2/03/1997
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FROM THE AUG. 19, 2002 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, AUG 11, 2002
PHOTOGRAPH BY STEVE LISS FOR TIME

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