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7 yr old grandson in hospital again

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My grand son was emergency put in hospital again for mood disorder, its so far from home and hard to vist. dont know much about this desease. guiltily I have lightly taken my son seriouly about this problem as I personally have not seen the behavior he has been talking about.

he is regualarly kiked out of scholl since kindergarden and now only allowed to go part day.

I need educated , he also has ddhd and dds amoung other things.
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Someone here gave me a few good links:

http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/bipolar/related/support_021.asp

http://www.dbsalliance.com/

learning about the disorders are a really good start. I'm sorry you and your family are going through this. I don't know much about the effects of these disorders on children, but there are some other peeps here who do.
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There is a very good book called The Bipolar Child,

Here are a couple more links:

http://www.bipolarchild.com/articles.html

http://www.bpkids.org

http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=13107
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Another good book is "The ps and downs of raising a bipolar child"
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debster that is a really good book.
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Ha, I'm pretty sure you were the one that recommended it to me ;-) It was very good.
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