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Bipolar Disorder (December) | 2012

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Pharmacologic Treatment of Youth with Bipolar Disorder: Where to Next?

December 1, 2012

Bipolar disorder presents unique pharmacologic challenges. Those treating children or adolescents with bipolar disorder face the additional challenge of having far less information to inform their treatment decisions. Read More

Letter from the Editors

December 1, 2012

The diagnosis, treatment, and very existence of pediatric bipolar disorder is one of the most contentious debates in our field. Read More

How We Got Here: The Psychodynamics of Juvenile Bipolar Disorder and the Clinician

December 1, 2012

The studies have been done and the consensus is in. Juvenile bipolar disorder (JBD) has probably been overdiagnosed recently, and the DSM-5 will describe a narrower phenotype to qualify for the diagnosis. At this point, it is worth thinking about how we got here, and what it means for clinicians as a cautionary tale for the future. Read More

Pediatric Bipolar Disorder (PBD): A Skeptical, Mainstream, Non-US Perspective

December 1, 2012

Although practicing in Australia, I have followed the PBD phenomenon in the USA for several years. PBD had become the most common diagnosis in pre-pubertal children in US psychiatric inpatient units by 2004. Read More

Severe Mood Dysregulation (SMD) and Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

December 1, 2012

Are children with severe mood dysregulation (SMD) at a greater risk for developing bipolar disorder? Dr. Leibenluft explains her extensive research on this subject. Read More

Brain Function and Bipolar Disorder

December 1, 2012

What are the differences in the brains of children with bipolar disorder and how can we use this information in the treatment of pediatric bipolar disorder? Dr. Pavuluri takes us through her pediatric brain research findings. Read More

Amber Light Therapy for Bipolar Disorder

December 1, 2012

What bipolar patients, as well as their doctors, may not know is the amount of current research centered on light-dark therapy and the potential implications of this research on treating bipolar. Read More