Living with a Brain Disorder | By August 25, 2006 | By Shaheen E Lakhan, MS, MEd, PhDcloseShaheen E Lakhan, MS, MEd, PhD Name: Shaheen Lakhan
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About: Dr. Lakhan is the Executive Director of the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation (GNIF). He administers a host of projects in bioethics, biotechnology, emergency management, global philanthropy, proteomics, and psychiatry -- to name a few disciplines. | 4 Comments

A Mother’s Plea - Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

I am a mother of a biological son (grown 33 years old) and adopted boy/girl twins (10 years old). I am an R.N. of 30 years still working full time and exhausted human being. My dilemma is as follows:

My adopted 10 year old son has most recently been diagnosed with pediatric bipolar disorder. This of course is after 10 years of a page long full diagnoses on this child. He has been on more medications than a CAD/COPD Renal patient!! I get conflicting statement after statement, article after article and I am exhausted! Read more →