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When a child is mentally troubled: Warning signs help parents know when to seek help.(The Seattle Times)
SEATTLE _ Eric Mackenstadt's symptoms didn't seem so worrisome at first.
At age 14, the boy appeared anxious, had lost weight and was not sleeping well. His mother, Denise, mentioned the unusual behavior as an aside during a visit with their family doctor, who examined Eric and said there was nothing physically wrong.
But the behavior persisted, so Denise sought the help of a child psychiatrist, who thought poor parenting was to blame.
However, a psychologist who later evaluated Eric discovered something new: Eric was hearing the voice of his dead grandfather.
When she learned that, Denise remembers "just going cold, a chill coming over my body, because no one had said anything about a mental disorder or mental illness."
"We thought it was just adolescent angst," she said.
Eric was later diagnosed by another child psychiatrist with early-onset bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression. Characterized by alternating bouts of mania and depression, it's a mood disorder that strikes about 1 percent of adolescents between ages 14 and 18.
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