Can You Prevent Adolescent Bipolar Disorder?

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 Until recently, experts thought that bipolar disorder was the same in both children and adults.  But extensive studies of children and teens show that the symptoms in children and teens are different than those of adults and they need different treatment than adults do.  Doctors and researchers don’t completely understand what causes adolescent bipolar disorder.  They do know that it tends to run in families and your child has a greater risk of having the disorder if someone in their immediate family, such as a parent, grandparent, brother or sister has it.  There is nothing that a parent can do to prevent adolescent bipolar disorder

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