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| Robert A KowatchSummaryAffiliation: University of Cincinnati Country: USA Publications
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Adjunctive topiramate treatment for pediatric bipolar disorder: a retrospective chart reviewMelissa P DelBello
Bipolar and Psychiatric Disorders Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 12:323-30. 2002..The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and tolerability of the anticonvulsant agent, topiramate, as adjunctive treatment for children and adolescents with bipolar disorders...
Review and meta-analysis of the phenomenology and clinical characteristics of mania in children and adolescentsRobert A Kowatch
Department of Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Bipolar Disord 7:483-96. 2005....
The use of mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics in children and adolescents with bipolar disordersRobert A Kowatch
Department of Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio 45267, USA
CNS Spectr 8:273-80. 2003....
Pediatric bipolar disorder: emerging diagnostic and treatment approachesRobert A Kowatch
Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, MSB 7261, PO Box 670559, Cincinnati, OH 45267 0559, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 15:73-108. 2006..It is becoming apparent that bipolar disorder is often a chronic disorder in children and adolescents, much like diabetes, and is best managed with a combination of medications and psychosocial therapy...
Pharmacotherapy of children and adolescents with bipolar disorderRobert A Kowatch
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Psychiatr Clin North Am 28:385-97. 2005..There are multiple ongoing trials of mood stabilizers and atypical antipsychotics that will provide important controlled data that are currently lacking in the field...
Treatment guidelines for children and adolescents with bipolar disorderRobert A Kowatch
Department of Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical, OH 45267 0559, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44:213-35. 2005..These guidelines are subject to change as our evidence base increases and practice patterns evolve...
Clinical characteristics of bipolar disorder in very young childrenArman Danielyan
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, D 3014, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States
J Affect Disord 97:51-9. 2007..This study examined clinical presentations, applicability of the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria, comorbidity, recovery and relapse rates, as well as some treatment strategies used in the management of BPD in preschoolers...
Adjunctive topiramate in hospitalized children and adolescents with bipolar disordersDrew H Barzman
Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45267, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:931-7. 2005..The aim of this study was to assess topiramate as adjunctive treatment in children and adolescents hospitalized with bipolar disorders...
What differentiates children visiting outpatient mental health services with bipolar spectrum disorder from children with other psychiatric diagnoses?Mary A Fristad
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Bipolar Disord 14:497-506. 2012....
Preliminary study of relationships among measures of depressive symptoms in adolescents with bipolar disorderNick C Patel
College of Pharmacy, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 3225 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 16:327-35. 2006..We hypothesized that CDRS-R and HAM-D scores would be significantly correlated and both scales would be sensitive to change resulting from treatment...
Characteristics of children with elevated symptoms of mania: the Longitudinal Assessment of Manic Symptoms (LAMS) studyRobert L Findling
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 71:1664-72. 2010..This article describes the initial demographic information, diagnostic and symptom prevalence, and medication exposure for the LAMS cohort that will be followed longitudinally...
A double-blind randomized pilot study comparing quetiapine and divalproex for adolescent maniaMelissa P DelBello
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0559, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45:305-13. 2006..To determine the comparative efficacy of quetiapine and divalproex for the treatment of adolescent mania...
Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of mixed amphetamine salts for symptoms of comorbid ADHD in pediatric bipolar disorder after mood stabilization with divalproex sodiumRussell E Scheffer
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390-8589, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:58-64. 2005..Divalproex sodium alone (8-week trial) is not an effective treatment for ADHD in the context of bipolar disorder...
Management options for bipolar disorder in children and adolescentsArman Danielyan
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH 45267, USA
Paediatr Drugs 7:277-94. 2005..More controlled studies of both monotherapy and polypharmacotherapy for BPD in children and adolescents are needed...
Pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents: recent progressJonathan C Pfeifer
Division of Child Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
CNS Drugs 24:575-93. 2010....
The effectiveness and tolerability of aripiprazole for pediatric bipolar disorders: a retrospective chart reviewDrew H Barzman
Bipolar and Psychotic Disorders Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 14:593-600. 2004..The aim of this retrospective chart review was to evaluate the effectiveness and tolerability of aripiprazole for the treatment of children and adolescents with bipolar disorders...
Adjunctive quetiapine for treatment-resistant adolescent major depressive disorder: a case seriesSanjeev Pathak
Children s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:696-702. 2005..There is preliminary data in adults that adjunctive second-generation antipsychotics may be useful in treatment-resistant depression...
Co-occurrence of bipolar and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders in childrenManpreet K Singh
Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Bethesda Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
Bipolar Disord 8:710-20. 2006..Additional longitudinal and biological studies are warranted to clarify the relationships between BPD and ADHD since they may have important diagnostic and treatment implications...
Combination pharmacotherapy in children and adolescents with bipolar disorderRobert A Kowatch
Department of Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA
Biol Psychiatry 53:978-84. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that children and adolescents with bipolar disorder are similar to adults with bipolar disorder, who also frequently require combination therapy...
Pharmacological interventions for bipolar youth: developmental considerationsMelissa P DelBello
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267 0559, USA
Dev Psychopathol 18:1231-46. 2006..Recently, studies have begun to characterize prodromal manifestations of bipolar disorder and identify early intervention strategies for treating children and adolescents with an elevated risk for developing bipolar disorder...
Open-label lithium for the treatment of adolescents with bipolar depressionNick C Patel
College of Pharmacy and Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, OH 45267 0004, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45:289-97. 2006..We hypothesized that patients receiving open-label treatment with lithium during a 6-week period would experience a statistically and clinically significant decrease in depressive symptoms and tolerate lithium treatment fairly well...
The use of antipsychotics in children and adolescents with bipolar disordersJonathan C Pfeifer
The University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, MSB 7261, PO Box 670559, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0559, USA
Expert Opin Pharmacother 8:2673-87. 2007....
Voxel-based morphometry in adolescents with bipolar disorder: first resultsMarko Wilke
Imaging Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Psychiatry Res 131:57-69. 2004..VBM confirmed bilaterally larger basal ganglia. Localized gray matter deficits in bipolar subjects were found in the medial temporal lobe, orbito-frontal cortex, and the anterior cingulate, confirming and extending earlier studies...
Psychotropic utilization and psychiatric presentation of hospitalized very young childrenSanjeev Pathak
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 14:433-42. 2004
A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of oxcarbazepine in the treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescentsKaren Dineen Wagner
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77755 0188, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:1179-86. 2006..This multicenter trial examined the efficacy and safety of oxcarbazepine in the treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents...
Prepubertal bipolar I disorder and bipolar disorder NOS are separable from ADHDRobert M Post
J Clin Psychiatry 65:898-902. 2004
Psychopharmacological treatment for very young children: contexts and guidelinesMary Margaret Gleason
Bradley Hasbro Research Center, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 46:1532-72. 2007..The purpose of this effort is to promote responsible treatment of young children, recognizing that this will sometimes involve the use of medications...
The health care crisis of childhood-onset bipolar illness: some recommendations for its ameliorationRobert M Post
Biological Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health NIMH, National Institutes of Health NIH, Bldg 10, Rm 3S329, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 67:115-25. 2006..To describe new data on the incidence and impact of childhood- and adolescent-onset bipolar illness and make recommendations to help accelerate the acquisition of knowledge in this area...
Medical management of pediatric mood disordersManpreet K Singh
Division of Bipolar Disorders Research, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267-0559, USA
Pediatr Ann 36:552-63. 2007
Successful treatment of trichotillomania with olanzapine augmentation in an adolescentSanjeev Pathak
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 14:153-4. 2004
