Your Child Does Not Have Bipolar Disorder: How Bad Science and Good Public Relations Created the Diagnosis examines this diagnostic fad through a variety of lenses. Author Stuart L. Kaplan, MD, draws heavily on his forty years of experience as a clinician, researcher, and professor of child psychiatry to make the argument that bipolar disorder in children and adolescents is incorrectly diagnosed and incorrectly treated.

Critique of pediatric bipolar disorder -- Adult bipolar disorder and the dsm system -- Pediatric bipolar disorder -- Some studies of the scientific basis of pediatric bipolar disorder -- Cultural influences in pediatric bipolar disorder -- Child and adolescent depression: a brief introduction -- Did Romeo and Juliet have bipolar II disorder? bipolar disorder in adolescence -- Medications and pediatric bipolar disorder -- Three medications for pediatric bipolar disorder -- Clinical trials -- Bad science -- Stimulant medications -- Advice for parents -- Medication advice for parents -- A family-based behavior modification program for oppositional children.