Kenneth E Towbin

Summary

Affiliation: National Institutes of Health
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Differentiating bipolar disorder-not otherwise specified and severe mood dysregulation
    Kenneth Towbin
    Emotion and Development Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health NIMH Electronic address
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 52:466-81. 2013
  2. ncbi Strategies for pharmacologic treatment of high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome
    Kenneth E Towbin
    Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Children s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA
    Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 12:23-45. 2003
  3. ncbi Autism spectrum traits in children with mood and anxiety disorders
    Kenneth E Towbin
    Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:452-64. 2005
  4. ncbi Parental diagnoses in youth with narrow phenotype bipolar disorder or severe mood dysregulation
    Melissa A Brotman
    Emotion and Development Branch and the Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Unit, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1238-41. 2007
  5. ncbi Deficits in social cognition and response flexibility in pediatric bipolar disorder
    Erin B McClure
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, 15K North Dr, Room 102, MSC 2670, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 162:1644-51. 2005
  6. ncbi Abnormal ventromedial prefrontal cortex function in children with psychopathic traits during reversal learning
    Elizabeth C Finger
    National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:586-94. 2008
  7. ncbi Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in youth with severe mood dysregulation
    Daniel P Dickstein
    Unit on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Division of Intramural Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Psychiatry Res 163:30-9. 2008
  8. ncbi Comorbid anxiety in phenotypes of pediatric bipolar disorder
    Daniel P Dickstein
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1255, USA
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:534-48. 2005
  9. ncbi Memory and learning in pediatric bipolar disorder
    Erin B McClure
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 2670, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44:461-9. 2005
  10. ncbi Brain systems underlying response flexibility in healthy and bipolar adolescents: an event-related fMRI study
    Eric E Nelson
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Building 106 C, 5413 W Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Bipolar Disord 9:810-9. 2007

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi Differentiating bipolar disorder-not otherwise specified and severe mood dysregulation
    Kenneth Towbin
    Emotion and Development Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health NIMH Electronic address
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 52:466-81. 2013
    ..The purpose of this review is to inform clinicians about the clinical features of the two phenotypes and about the research literature distinguishing them...
  2. ncbi Strategies for pharmacologic treatment of high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome
    Kenneth E Towbin
    Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Children s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA
    Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 12:23-45. 2003
    ..When paired with clinicians who are becoming more skilled at recognizing and managing symptoms, patients have a greater opportunity to reach their potential and lead pleasurable lives...
  3. ncbi Autism spectrum traits in children with mood and anxiety disorders
    Kenneth E Towbin
    Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:452-64. 2005
    ..These results demonstrate a need to develop valid and reliable instruments to screen for ASDs in children presenting outside of ASD clinics...
  4. ncbi Parental diagnoses in youth with narrow phenotype bipolar disorder or severe mood dysregulation
    Melissa A Brotman
    Emotion and Development Branch and the Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Unit, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 164:1238-41. 2007
    ..The authors compared axis I diagnoses in parents of children with narrow phenotype bipolar disorder and parents of youth with severe mood dysregulation...
  5. ncbi Deficits in social cognition and response flexibility in pediatric bipolar disorder
    Erin B McClure
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, 15K North Dr, Room 102, MSC 2670, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 162:1644-51. 2005
    ..The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that youths with bipolar disorder would perform more poorly than matched healthy comparison subjects on measures of social cognition, motor inhibition, and response flexibility...
  6. ncbi Abnormal ventromedial prefrontal cortex function in children with psychopathic traits during reversal learning
    Elizabeth C Finger
    National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:586-94. 2008
    ....
  7. ncbi Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in youth with severe mood dysregulation
    Daniel P Dickstein
    Unit on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Division of Intramural Research Programs, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Psychiatry Res 163:30-9. 2008
    ....
  8. ncbi Comorbid anxiety in phenotypes of pediatric bipolar disorder
    Daniel P Dickstein
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1255, USA
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:534-48. 2005
    ..Adult BPD studies suggest comorbid anxiety disorders are common and impact treatment outcome. We explored the association of comorbid anxiety with two phenotypes of pediatric BPD...
  9. ncbi Memory and learning in pediatric bipolar disorder
    Erin B McClure
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 2670, USA
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44:461-9. 2005
    ..To test the hypothesis that patients with pediatric bipolar disorder (PBPD) would demonstrate impairment relative to diagnosis-free controls of comparable age, gender, and IQ on measures of memory functioning...
  10. ncbi Brain systems underlying response flexibility in healthy and bipolar adolescents: an event-related fMRI study
    Eric E Nelson
    Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Building 106 C, 5413 W Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Bipolar Disord 9:810-9. 2007
    ..The present study was undertaken to determine if neuronal responses differed between BD and control subjects on a simple motor response flexibility task...
  11. ncbi Practitioner review: the assessment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents
    Argelinda Baroni
    Section on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Emotion and Development Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 50:203-15. 2009
    ..Controversy exists about whether youth with non-episodic irritability and symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should be considered to have a developmental presentation of mania...
  12. ncbi Reduced amygdala response to fearful expressions in children and adolescents with callous-unemotional traits and disruptive behavior disorders
    Abigail A Marsh
    Mood and Anxiety Program, NIMH, 15K North Dr, MSC 2670, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 165:712-20. 2008
    ..Moreover, despite high comorbidity of callous-unemotional traits and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), no research has attempted to distinguish neural correlates of pediatric callous-unemotional traits and ADHD...
  13. ncbi Neuropsychological performance in pediatric bipolar disorder
    Daniel P Dickstein
    National Institute of Mental Health Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1255, USA
    Biol Psychiatry 55:32-9. 2004
    ..Our work suggests altered ventrolateral prefrontal cortex function, especially when linked to other lesion and neuroimaging studies...
  14. ncbi Medication use in children and adolescents treated in the community for bipolar disorder
    Robinder K Bhangoo
    The Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 13:515-22. 2003
    ..32 +/- 3.67 trials of psychotropic medication in the past. Ninety-eight percent have had a trial of a mood stabilizer or anticonvulsant, with the most common being valproate (79%), lithium (51%), and gabapentin (29%)...
  15. ncbi Defining clinical phenotypes of juvenile mania
    Ellen Leibenluft
    Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1255, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 160:430-7. 2003
    ..The authors suggest criteria for a range of narrow to broad phenotypes of bipolar disorder in children, differentiated according to the characteristics of the manic or hypomanic episodes, and present methods for validation of the criteria...
  16. ncbi Gaining: pediatric patients and use of atypical antipsychotics
    Kenneth E Towbin
    Am J Psychiatry 163:2034-6. 2006