Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder: Tips on Coping for Families

This seminar will offer constructive strategies for parents and adolescents who need help in managing bipolar disorder. Topics will include identifying and intervening with early signs of recurrence, clarifying the role of stress in mood swings, becoming consistent with medications, keeping regular sleep/wake cycles, good family communication, and the role of therapy or support groups.

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David J. Miklowitz, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

University of California, Los Angeles

Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry

Oxford University

2011 Colvin Prizewinner for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorder Research

2001 Distinguished Investigator Grant

1987 Young Investigator Grant

David Miklowitz, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the UCLA Semel Institute, and a Senior Clinical Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Oxford University. His research focuses on family environmental factors and family psychoeducational treatments for adult-onset and childhood-onset bipolar disorder.

Among his many honors, he is a NARSAD Young Investigator (1987); Distinguished Investigator (2001); and in 2011 was the Foundation’s Colvin Prizewinner for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorder Research. He has published over 250 research articles and eight books, including The Bipolar Teen: What You Can Do to Help Your Child and Family (with Elizabeth George) and The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide.

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Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D.

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., serves as the President & CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the largest private funder of mental health research grants. Dr. Borenstein developed the Emmy-nominated public television program “Healthy Minds,” and serves as host and executive producer of the series. The program, broadcast nationwide, is available online, and focuses on topics in psychiatry in order to educate the public, reduce stigma and offer a message of hope. Dr. Borenstein served as Editor-in-Chief of Psychiatric News, the newspaper of the American Psychiatric Association from 2012 - 2023.

Dr. Borenstein is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and serves as the Chair of the Section of Psychiatry at the Academy. He also has served as the President of the New York State Psychiatric Association. Dr. Borenstein earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard and his medical degree at New York University.

Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder: Tips on Coping for Families

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David J. Miklowitz, Ph.D.

Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D.

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