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 and 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, and 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, and 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 and 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, and 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, and 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 and David J. Miklowitz

IV. Treatment

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

14. Pharmacotherapy for Adults with Bipolar Depression
Michael E. Thase15. 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. Mendenall and Mary A. FristadV. A First-Person Account
17. Growin Up in a Family with Bipolar Disorder: Personal Experience, Developmental Issues, and Overcoming Stigma
Stephen P. Hinshaw

David J. Miklowitz, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, and Visiting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. He is author of The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide and Living Well with Bipolar Disorder, for general readers, and several award-winning books for professionals, including Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach. Dr. Miklowitz has published over 300 scientific articles and 70 book chapters. He has won Distinguished Investigator awards from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, and the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology. Dr. Miklowitz is one of the few psychologists to have received the Award for Research in Mood Disorders from the American College of Psychiatrists.

Dante Cicchetti, PhD, is McKnight Presidential Chair and Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on developmental theory as well as science, policy, and practice related to child maltreatment, depression, mental retardation, and other domains of development. Dr. Cicchetti has received awards including the three highest honors of the Developmental Division of the American Psychological Association: the G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology, the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society, and the Mentor Award in Developmental Psychology. He has published over 400 articles, books, and journal special issues, and is the founding and current Editor of Development and Psychopathology.