Childhood
Childhood
January 25, 2023
Two different subtypes of early onset unspecified bipolar disorder (USBD)
The first subtype is classical BP NOS (Not Otherwise Specified) having all the characteristics of full-blown bipolar disorder except for only having brief durations of mania and responding to conventional treatment. The se...
Childhood
December 6, 2022
Adolescent Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol induces long-term neuronal disturbances in dorsal vs. ventral hippocampus
De Felice et al reported in Neuropsychopharmacology (2022) how adolescent THC exposure in a rodent model can induce significant morphological disturbances and glutamatergic signaling abnormalities in the hippocampus. The d...
Childhood
July 21, 2020
Clinical Risk Prediction in Youth at Risk for Bipolar Spectrum Disorder and Relapse
Photo by Andriyko Podilnyk on Unsplash -- Researchers from two 15-year studies of bipolar youth, COBY (The Coarse and Outcome of Bipolar Youth Study) and BIOS (Bipolar Offspring Family Study), have used the longitudinal da...
Childhood
April 14, 2020
Dr. Post’s Recommendations For Treating Youth with Bipolar Symptoms
Our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Robert M. Post, shares his personal recommendations for the treatment of children and adolescents with symptoms of bipolar disorder. Remember: Patients and family members must consult a physician a...
Childhood
April 7, 2020
Predicting Onset of Bipolar Disorder in Children at High Risk: Part II
At the 2019 meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, one symposium was devoted to new research on predicting onset of bipolar disorder in children who have a family history of the disorder. Below...
Childhood
April 3, 2020
Predicting Onset of Bipolar Disorder in Children at High Risk: Part I
At the 2019 meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, one symposium was devoted to new research on predicting onset of bipolar disorder in children who have a family history of the disorder. Below...
Childhood
May 7, 2019
Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder May Have Higher Levels of Vitamin D–Binding Protein
Vitamin D binding protein. Illustration: Emw [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] -- A 2018 article by Brawnie Petrov and colleagues in the journal Translational Psychiatry suggests that adolesce...
Childhood
May 25, 2018
Poll Finds 87% of US Adults Think Children Need More Mental Health Support
In a poll of 2,014 adults in the US, 87% believed that children need more mental health support. For over a decade, the editors of the BNN have been emphasizing the great need for earlier recognition and treatment of child...
Childhood
April 19, 2018
Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Diagnoses Much More Common in US than England
A 2014 article by Anthony James and colleagues in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry reported that hospitalizations for pediatric bipolar disorder are 72.1 times higher in the US than in...
Childhood
January 5, 2018
Minimizing Cardiovascular Risk in Bipolar Disorder
At the 2017 meeting of the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, researcher Ben Goldstein gave an overview on cardiovascular risk and bipolar disorder. He noted a study by Nicole Kozloff and coll...
Childhood
February 24, 2016
Diagnosing PANS
Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome, or PANS, describes a condition in which a child develops acute onset of psychiatric symptoms following an infection. At the 2015 meeting of the American Academy of Child and...
Childhood
February 17, 2016
Family-Based Health Program Successful in Vermont
A statewide program to promote healthy behaviors within families has been successful in Vermont. The approach, described by researcher James J. Hudziak at the 2015 meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Ps...
Childhood
February 15, 2016
Children of Bipolar Parents in US More Ill than Those in the Netherlands
New research shows that bipolar disorder risk is higher in the US than in the Netherlands. At the 2015 meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, researchers Manon Hillegers and Esther Mesman descr...
Childhood
January 18, 2016
Schizophrenia: The Importance of Catching It Early
By the time psychosis appears in someone with schizophrenia, biological changes associated with the illness may have already been present for years. A 2015 article by R.S. Kahn and I.E. Sommer in the journal Molecular Psyc...
Childhood
November 9, 2015
Link Between Childhood Trauma and Difficult Course of Bipolar Disorder Clarified
A collaboration between Norwegian and French researchers led by Bruno Etain has clarified the pathway by which childhood trauma is linked to worse outcomes among people with bipolar disorder. The researchers, who presented...
Childhood
October 14, 2015
A PANS Case Study, Immune Treatment Reduced Psychiatric Symptoms
Pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is a little-known syndrome in which a child has an acute onset of psychiatric symptoms following a bacterial or viral infection, when the antibodies generated to fight the i...
Childhood
January 21, 2015
Keith O’Neil: A Football and Public Health Hero
Keith O’Neil is a former Super Bowl champion and the founder of the Forever Foundation, an organization whose mission is to educate the public about bipolar disorder and to de-stigmatize the illness. In September he spoke ...
Childhood
April 28, 2014
International Bipolar Foundation Advocates for Prompt Treatment of Children
Muffy Walker gave an inspirational talk at the 2014 meeting of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders about the International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF, formerly known as the California Bipolar Foundation) she star...
Childhood
November 28, 2011
Risks and Difficulties of Treating Childhood-Onset Bipolar Disorder
Early treatment is needed in childhood onset bipolar disorder -- Multiple factors make childhood-onset bipolar disorder a difficult problem for affected children and families. Early onset is common, and treatment is often ...