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...adults do. Now, according to PhRMA, a pharmaceutical trade group, up to 10% of all American kids may suffer from some mental illness. Perhaps twice that many have exhibited some symptoms of depression. Up to a million others may suffer from the alternately depressive and manic mood swings of bipolar disorder (BPD), one more condition that was thought until recently to be an affliction of adults alone. ADHD rates are exploding too. According to a Mayo Clinic study, children between 5 and 19 have at least a 7.5% chance of being found to have ADHD, which amounts to nearly...
...People with bipolar disorders are now being properly treated and are marrying and having families,” Siggins said. “But their children may carry more vulnerabilities to a variety of mental illnesses. The college age range, 17 to 24, is the time—nationally and internationally—where major mental illness expresses itself...
Berman and Pulcini have devised a perky-quirky style to tell Pekar's story, blending documentary material, comic panels and some editing tricks to create a kind of bipolar movie, not exactly haha funny but true to life--at least, to life on that unlevel playing field where Pekar (and millions like him) does his level best to keep going. --By Richard Schickel
...Tung governs with Legco, however, and that body is as bipolar as an oxygen molecule. In one bubble are legislators from parties that are openly pro-Beijing or pro-business. They usually join forces with Legco members who aren't directly elected by the people but instead represent industry groups, such as bankers or landowners. That combine is pro-status quo, pro-Tung and pro-Beijing. In the other bubble are the so-called democrats, populist politicians who aren't necessarily anti-China but desire things that Beijing deplores, such as more democracy in Hong Kong and even...
...Madonna's lyrics are to be trusted--and given her penchant for public disguise, that's a big if--then mark my words: something ain't right at the Ciccone-Ritchie home. Presumptuous? Maybe. But a casual glance at the lyric sheet for American Life, Madonna's bipolar 10th album, proves that at the very least, the world's most famous yoga-practicing B-movie Cabalist is going through a rough patch. If you don't believe her words, listen to her voice. American Life is the first Madonna record that suffers from a complete lack of exuberance...