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Aspeopl ebec omef ami l i arwi t ht hei ri l l nes s ,t heyr ec ogni z et hei rownuni quepat t er nsofbehav i or .I f i ndi v i dual sr ec ogni z et hes es i gnsands eekef f ec t i v eandt i mel yc ar e,t heyc anof t enpr ev entr el aps es .But bec aus ebi pol ardi s or derhasnoc ur e,t r eat mentmus tbec ont i nuous .

I ndi v i dual swhol i v ewi t hbi pol ardi s or deral s obenef i tt r emendous l yf r om t ak i ngr es pons i bi l i t yf ort hei rown r ecov er y .Onc et hei l l nes si sadequat el ymanaged,onemus tmoni t orpot ent i al s i deef f ec t s .

Thenot i onofr ec ov er yi nv ol v esav ar i et yofper s pec t i v es .Rec ov er yi sahol i s t i cpr oc es st hati nc l udes t r adi t i onal el ement sofphy s i c al heal t handas pec t st hatex t endbey ondmedi c at i on.Rec ov er yf r om s er i ous ment al i l l nes sal s oi nc l udesat t ai ni ng,andmai nt ai ni ng,phy s i c al heal t hasanot herc or ner s t oneofwel l nes s .

Ther ec ov er yj our neyi suni quef oreac hi ndi v i dual .Ther ear es ev er al def i ni t i onsofr ec ov er y ;s omegr ounded i nmedi c al andc l i ni c al v al ues ,s omegr oundedi nc ont ex tofcommuni t yands uc c es s f ul l i v i ng.Oneoft hemos t i mpor t antpr i nc i pl esofr ec ov er yi st hi s :r ecov er yi sapr oc es s ,notanev ent .Theuni quenes sandi ndi v i dual nat ur eofr ec ov er ymus tbehonor ed.Whi l es er i ousment al i l l nes si mpac t si ndi v i dual si nmanyc hal l engi ng way s ,t hec onc eptt hatal l i ndi v i dual sc anmov et owar dswel l nes si spar amount .

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Chi l dhoodbi pol ardi sor der ,al soknownaspedi at r i cbi pol ardi sor der ,i saf or m ofbi pol ardi sor dert hatoccur s i nchi l dr en.Whi l ei t sexi st encei sst i l lamat t erofsomeacademi cdebat eanddi s agr eement ,t her ei sa gr owi ngbodyofevi dencet hatsuggest st hatbi pol ardi sor dercanexi sti nchi l dr en.

Unl i kemostadul t swhohavebi pol ardi sor der ,however ,chi l dr enwhohavepedi at r i cbi pol ardi sor derar e c har act er i zedbyabr uptmoodswi ngs,per i odsofhyper act i vi t yf ol l owedbyl et har gy ,i nt ens et empert ant r ums , f r ust r at i onanddef i antbehavi or .Thi sr api dands ever ecycl i ngbet weenmoodsmaypr oduceat ypeof c hr oni ci r r i t abi l i t ywi t hf ewcl earper i odsofpeacebet weenepi sodes.

Becauset hecur r entdi agnos t i cmanualofment aldi sor der sdoesn’ tr ecogni zechi l dhoodbi pol ardi sor der , t her ei snoof f i ci alsympt om cr i t er i a.However ,r esear cher shaveusedcr i t er i asi mi l art ot hatofadul tbi pol ar di sor der ,r equi r i ngachi l dort eent omeetatl eastf ourormor eoft hef ol l owi ng: • anexpansi veori r r i t abl emood • ext r emesadnessorl ackofi nt er esti npl ay • r api dl ychangi ngmoodsl ast i ngaf ewhour st oaf ewdays • expl osi ve,l engt hy ,andof t endest r uct i ver ages • s epar at i onanxi et y • def i anceofaut hor i t y • hyper act i vi t y ,agi t at i on,anddi st r act i bi l i t y • s l eepi ngl i t t l eor ,al t er nat i vel y ,sl eepi ngt oomuch • bedwet t i ngandni ghtt er r or s • s t r ongandf r equentcr avi ngs,of t enf orcar bohydr at esandsweet s • excessi vei nvol vementi nmul t i pl epr oj ect sandact i vi t i es ( c ont . )

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• i mpai r edj udgment ,i mpul s i v i t y ,r ac i ngt hought s ,andpr es s ur et okeept al k i ng • dar edev i l behav i or s( s uc hasj umpi ngoutofmov i ngc ar sorof fr oof s) • i nappr opr i at eorpr ec oc i ouss ex ual behav i or • gr andi os ebel i efi nownabi l i t i est hatdef yt hel awsofl ogi c( abi l i t yt of l y ,f orex ampl e) Keepi nmi ndt hatmanyoft hes ebehav i or s ,i nandoft hems el v es ,ar enoti ndi c at i v eofapos s i bl edi s or der andar ec har ac t er i s t i cofnor mal c hi l dhooddev el opment .Fori ns t anc e,s epar at i onanx i et y ,byi t s el f ,i sa nor mal f earofbei ngs epar at edf r om oneorbot hoft hepar ent s( f ori ns t anc e,at t endi ngt hef i r s tdayoff i r s t gr adeori ft hepar ent swantt ogooutf orani ght ) .

Chi l dhoodbi pol ardi s or deri sc har ac t er i z edbymanyoft hes es y mpt oms ,t ak ent oget her ,andmar k edby r api dmoods wi ngsandhy per ac t i v i t y .Thes es y mpt omsmus tal s oc aus es i gni f i c antdi s t r es si nt hec hi l dor t een,oc c uri nmor et hanj us tones et t i ng( e. g. ,ats c hool andathome) ,andl as tf oratl eas t2week s .

Bec aus et heex i s t i ngdi agnos t i cmanual does n’ tr ec ogni z epedi at r i cbi pol ardi s or der ,andt her ei ss t i l l debat e wi t hi nt hepr of es s i onal c ommuni t yaboutt hev al i di t yoft hi sdi agnos i s ,i ns ur anc ec ompani esmaynot r ei mbur s ef ort r eat mentoft hi sdi s or der .I naddi t i on,s omepr of es s i onal smaynotr ec ogni z et he di sor derandmi s di agnos et hec hi l dort eenwi t hat t ent i ondef i c i tdi s or derordepr es s i on.

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