Um, there are so many ways that bipolar disorders present; I am sorry that they didn't portray your son's exact case. I have worked with many people quite similar to the character on the episode and perhaps you should invest your energy in explaining your son's case; bipolar 1, bipolar 2, Cyclothymic disorder, mixed bipolar, rapid cycling bipolar or many others- presented itself so that more people can become educated on all of the various forms of this awful disease. My father and brother are paranoid schizophrenics and neither have ever shown a side of passive remorse as the character of Dr. Gallagher’s sister demonstrates but I am just happy that a network gave her such human qualities. When I watch my brother in an episode, I find nothing human about it, it is horrible and I would hate for a medium such as TV to further feed society’s fears of mental illness. Doors have now been opened for people like us to be able to write in and provide various info that could be used in future episodes. I am trying to stay passive here as I just spent 30 min. trying to find the closing dialog, something about losing a part of one's self in order to ever really feel whole, as I am trying to deal with the fact that I have to have my brother hospitalized again and the show's portrayal of the fear and the sorrow associated with caring for a loved one that is ill from the perspective of someone working in the mental health profession was dead on. There was nothing "stereotypical" about the young boy's case aside from the show’s emphasis that parents with misguided anger and fears could often hinder rather than help the progress of their children by remaining trapped in their own ignorance; in that Fox should fear no attacks from the advocacy groups of say every other form of bipolar illness, except for yours. Peri Craig, your made me cry happy tears I am so happy for you, what you must have felt inside when his diagnosis was corrected.

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