Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center
Bipolar Disorder and Emotional Development
The Pediatric Mood, Imaging, and Neurodevelopment (Pedi-MIND) Program is part of Bradley Hospital, a major teaching affiliate of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
The goal of the Pedi-MIND Program is to advance what is known about the brain and behavior interactions mediating psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.
Bipolar disorder is a serious psychiatric illness characterized by episodes of mania—i.e., a distinct period of elevated, expansive, or irritable mood accompanied by symptoms including grandiosity, distractibility, decreased need for sleep, increased goal-directed activity, and involvement in pleasurable activities with a high potential for painful consequences.
People with bipolar disorder also have episodes of depression—i.e., a distinct period of depressed mood accompanied by symptoms including anhedonia (lack of pleasure), decreased interest in usual activities, poor concentration, changes in sleep and appetite, and feelings of worthlessness or helplessness.
More about bipolor disorder
Current research projects:
- Brain/behavior interactions in childhood psychiatric illness
- Currently recruiting youth with:
- bipolar disorder (BD)
- generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
We are also recruiting youth without past or present psychiatric or neurological illness (including seizures or loss of consciousness) to act as healthy controls.
Additional criteria for controls only: Controls' 1st degree relatives (parents, brothers, sisters) cannot have present/past psychiatric illness.
Find out more: Please contact us for more information about the Pedi-MIND program.
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