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The Future of Bipolar Disorder Management: Beyond the Clinic and Into the Community
 The Future of Bipolar Disorder Management: Beyond the Clinic and Into the Community 1024 683 Abbie Miller
By: Abbie Miller
Teen sitting curled up on a couch, looking out a bright window, appearing thoughtful or pensive.

A new, state-of-the-field publication lays out tools and evidence for building community-based systems of care for youth with bipolar. Individuals with bipolar disorders, a set of mental health conditions characterized by fluctuations in mood with periods of depression and mania, spend far more time dealing with the chronic burden of managing the disease than they…

How Accurate is Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Testing?
 How Accurate is Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Testing? 1024 683 JoAnna Pendergrass, DVM
By: JoAnna Pendergrass, DVM

Symptom-based bipolar disorder tests accurately diagnose pediatric bipolar disorder, with parent-reported tests being among the most accurate. According to a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of bipolar disorder index tests, parent-reported tests are more accurate than self- or teacher-reported tests. The analysis, led by Cristian Alcaíno, a doctoral candidate at…

Empowering Therapists With Better Tools
 Empowering Therapists With Better Tools 1024 481 Wendy Margolin
By: Wendy Margolin

New research director sets out to improve mental and behavioral health care with assessments.  Providing mental or behavioral health care without simple, effective clinical assessment tools is like trying to lose weight without access to a bathroom scale, says Eric Youngstrom, PhD, the new director of the Institute for Mental and Behavioral Health Research at…

Uncovering the Alarming Rise in Death by Suicide Among Preteens
 Uncovering the Alarming Rise in Death by Suicide Among Preteens 1024 657 Pam Georgiana
By: Pam Georgiana

Data from a new study implies that gender and race/ethnicity play a role in increasing suicide rates. Youth suicide is a significant public health concern. When the National Institute of Mental Health convened a research roundtable series to address the rising rates of death by suicide in preteens in 2021, the Center for Suicide Prevention…