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Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens: A Parent's Guide
Institute of Mental Health — What are common symptoms of bipolar disorder in children and teens? How does bipolar disorder affect children and teens differently than adults? What illnesses often co-exist with bipolar disorder in children and teens? What treatments are ...More…
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Institute of Mental Health — Medications that target the protein BAG1, which regulates a process that can trigger symptoms in people who have bipolar disorder, may offer a new way of treating the disease, according to NIMH scientists. Medications that target the protein ...More…
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Archives of General Psychiatry.
Institute of Mental Health — Adolescents with bipolar disorder who received a nine-month course of family-focused therapy (FFT) recovered more quickly from depressive episodes and stayed free of depression for longer periods than a control group, according to an NIMH-funded ...More…
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Mental health providers: Find one to suit your needs
Mayo Clinic — Intervention FAQ: Help loved ones overcome addiction and abuse If you've never seen a mental health provider before, you may not know how to find one who suits your specific needs. Here are some issues and tips to think about, along with ...More…
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Mood Disorders
Merck — Drugs that stabilize mood, such as lithium and certain antiseizure drugs, and sometimes psychotherapy can help. Lithium: Lithium can lessen the symptoms of mania and depression. Lithium helps prevent mood swings in many people. Because lithium ...More…
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Symptoms Persist as Bipolar Children Grow Up
Institute of Mental Health — Bipolar disorder (BD) identified in childhood often persisted into adulthood in the first large follow-up study of its kind. Forty-four percent of children diagnosed with BD continued to have manic episodes as adults, in the study by NIMH grantee ...More…
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"Mood Disorders"
Clinical Trials — Mood Disorders; Depressive Disorder, Major; Bipolar Disorder Examination of Brain Serotonin Receptors in Patients With Mood Disorders Cholinergic Modulation of Condition and Emotion in Mood Disorders: Functional Neuroimaging Studies Mood ...More…
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Bipolar Disorder (Easy to Read)
Institute of Mental Health — Do you feel very happy and energized some days, and very sad and depressed on other days? Do these moods last for a week or more? Do your mood changes make it hard to sleep, stay focused, or go to work? People with bipolar disorder can get ...More…
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Children's Mental Health Facts: Bipolar Disorder
Mental Health Information Center — Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes persistent, overwhelming, and uncontrollable changes in moods, activities, thoughts, and behaviors. A child has a much greater chance of having bipolar disorder if there is a family history of the ...More…
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Symptom Course, Recovery, and Recurrence
Institute of Mental Health — Recent findings from the multi-site, NIMH-funded Course and Outcome of Bipolar Illness in Youth (COBY) study are helping to shape the understanding of three major subtypes of bipolar disorder that affect children and adolescents and how this ...More…
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Fear Circuit Flares as Bipolar Youth Misread Faces
Institute of Mental Health — Youth with bipolar disorder misread facial expressions as hostile and show heightened neural reactions when they focus on emotional aspects of neutral faces, NIMH researchers have discovered. Youth with bipolar disorder misread facial expressions ...More…
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"Bipolar Disorder"
Clinical Trials — Child & Adolescent Bipolar Disorder Brain Imaging and Treatment Study Effects of Psychoeducation of Patients With Bipolar Disorder Study of Aripiprazole (Abilify) Versus Placebo in Children With Subsyndromal Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Disorder ...More…