Early Family-Focused Treatment for Youth at Risk for Bipolar Disorder

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

52

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 30, 2007

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2010

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2011

Conditions
Bipolar Disorder
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Family-focused therapy

12 therapy sessions involving the at-risk child or adolescent, parents, and available siblings. Therapy will include psychoeducation about mood disorders, communication enhancement training, and problem-solving skills training. Ongoing medication management from a study psychiatrist will be available.

BEHAVIORAL

Brief educational treatment

Thorough diagnostic assessment by a study evaluator, separate evaluation by a child psychiatrist, feedback session with parents and child, and provision of reading materials pertinent to managing childhood mood disorders. Ongoing medication management and crisis-oriented family sessions will be available as needed.

Trial Locations (2)

94304

Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford

80309-0345

University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

lead

University of California, Los Angeles

OTHER

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