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Originally Posted by OneMoreTime
Hi, Wittesea.
I want to see it as its own forum, not a sub-forum.
This is mainly because it was never seen, at the old place, from the topic list pages. It was hidden. It could only be found if someone already knew or suspected their child as bipolar.
I see it as being sensible to have sub-forums under Diabetes, for instance, if that particular forum desires it...
But with Bipolar - Children being its own forum, it would stand out to a parent that was here on a child's or family's behalf. Bipolar in children is not as easy to diagnose as many of the illnesses and disorders are. Since it is a chiefly behavioral disorder, a bipolar child is often seen as bad, oppositionally defiant, a behavioral problem or, sometimes, as having a totally different psychiatric illness.
My point of view is that with a visible forum, Bipolar Disorder in children will become more widely recognized and understood. I know that many parents will drop in to see what bipolar in kids is all about.... and those parents may very well be the link, someday, that some other parent desperately needs.
Theresa
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I started this idea at OBT... and we waited many months for JL to get around to making it. In the meantime...I had 2 stickeys put up, one in Bipolar, and one at ADHD. And when we did get that subforum granted, it did become
busy. However, I disagree that it was "invisible"... as subforums do show up in the forum list..as such.
My major concern with the Children with Bipolar issue was that since the Bipolar forum was so busy with adults, that newly targeted families with this new diagnosis, could be lost in the shuffle.
Here, I would think that a separate forum might be a better idea. But listing it in the forums list... should place it near the Bipolar forum.
Children with Bipolar would be in the C's, and too far away from the Bipolar fourm which is in the B's. Perhaps Bipolar Disorder (Children) would do the trick?
It would be nice to continue the information and support that was commonly accepted at OBT...here.
This is a good idea. Thanks for considering this idea, DocJohn.
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