“Parents of Bipolar Kids Face Hard Questions” by Korina Lopez offers us imformation consistant in other articles promoting the use of antidepressants for children. Lopez makes it clear that there is a downside to not presccribing the medication to children, as there is for prescribing it. Without treatment including one-on-one counselling and medication, children with Bipolar disorder can have a hard time focusing in school environments and are more prone to having outbursts linked with the disease. Lopez states that according to the National Alliance on Mwntal Illness (NAMI), half of the students with a mental ilness, 14 and up drop out of highschool. These illnesses can impair any child’s ability to socialize, and concentrate, therfore
