Growing Up Bipolar: Welcome to Max's World
Bipolar disorder is a mystery and a subject of medical debate. But for the Blakes, it's just reality.
Max Blake was 7 the first time he tried to kill himself. He wrote a four-page will bequeathing his toys to his friends and jumped out his ground-floor bedroom window, falling six feet into his backyard, bruised but in one piece. Children don't really know what death is, as the last page of Max's will made clear: "If I'm still alive when I have grandchildren," it began. But they know what unhappiness is and what it means to suffer. Full Story »
Posted by Beth Wellington
