Childhood onset bipolar disorder is highly prevalent in the US, but under-recognized and under-treated. There is a long delay to first treatment and early onset and treatment delay are both independent risk factors for a poor outcome in adulthood. If a child of a parent with a mood disorder is beginning to experience behavioral problems, family focus therapy (FFT) or its equivalent is highly recommended.

Researcher Sophia Attwells and colleagues reported at a 2018 scientific meeting that the longer the time that a patient went without treatment for depression, the more inflammation they exhibited on positron emission tomog...

New research shows that there are more early onsets of illness and more difficult courses of bipolar illness in the US than in the Netherlands or Germany. -- This editor was invited to give a plenary presentation at the 4t...

An article by Geller et al. in Bipolar Disorders last year illustrates the crisis in the treatment of childhood-onset bipolar illness in the US. The article indicates that almost 40% of the children with a credible diagnos...