Understanding Bipolar Disorder A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective

This is the first book to systematically examine the development and course of bipolar disorder across the lifespan, identifying important directions for evidence-based treatment and prevention. The editors and contributors are foremost authorities who synthesize cutting-edge research at multiple levels of analysis, including genetic, neurobiological, cognitive, emotional, and family perspectives. Compelling topics include how bipolar symptoms change from childhood through adolescence and adulthood and the interplay of risk and protective factors at different developmental stages. The volume also addresses how developmental knowledge can inform the selection and timing of clinical interventions.

1. A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Bipolar Disorder, Dante Cicchetti

I. Phenomenology and Diagnosis

2. Development, Age of Onset, and Phenomenology in Bipolar Disorder, Stephanie E. Meyer & Gabrielle A. Carlson

3. A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on the Assessment and Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, Eric A. Youngstrom

4. Bipolar Disorder in the Preschool Period: Development and Differential Diagnosis, Joan L. Luby, Andy C. Belden, & Mini Tandon

II. Onset, Prognosis, and Course

5. Clinical Presentation and Longitudinal Course of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Rasim Somer Diler, Boris Birmaher, & David J. Miklowitz

6. Course of Early-Onset Bipolar Spectrum Disorders during the College Years: A Behavioral Approach System Dysregulation Perspective, Lauren B. Alloy, Lyn Y. Abramson, Snezana Urosevic, Robin Nusslock, & Shari Jager-Hyman

7. A Developmental Perspective on the Course of Bipolar Disorder in Adulthood, Joseph F. Goldberg

III. Etiology/Risk and Protective Mechanisms

8. Genetic and Environmental Vulnerability to Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Erik Willcutt & Matthew McQueen

9. Neurodevelopment in Bipolar Disorder: A Neuroimaging Perspective, David E. Fleck, Michael A. Cerullo, Jayasree Nandagopal, Caleb M. Adler, Nick C. Patel, Stephen M. Strakowski, & Melissa P. DelBello

10. Adolescent-Onset Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: A Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Perspective, Lauren B. Alloy, Lyn Y. Abramson, Patricia D. Walshaw, Jessica Keyser, & Rachel K. Gerstein

11. Social Cognition and Cognitive Flexibility in Bipolar Disorder, Erin B. McClure-Tone

12. The Role of Stress in the Onset, Course, and Progression of Bipolar Illness and Its Comorbidities: Implications for Therapeutics, Robert M. Post & David J. Miklowitz

IV. Treatment

13. Developmental Considerations in the Pharmacological Treatment of Youths with Bipolar Disorder, Robert A. Kowatch, Jeffrey R. Strawn, & Melissa P. DelBello

14. Pharmacotherapy for Adults with Bipolar Depression, Michael E. Thase

15. Family-Based Approaches to Treating Bipolar Disorder in Adolescence: Family-Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, David J. Miklowitz & Tina R. Goldstein

16. Psychoeducational Psychotherapy for Children with Bipolar Disorder, Amy N. Mendenhall & Mary A. Fristad

V. First-Person Accounts

17. Growing Up in a Family with Bipolar Disorder: Personal Experience, Developmental Lessons, and Overcoming Stigma, Stephen P. Hinshaw