Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $7.8 million federal grant to continue a long-term study into bipolar disorders in children.
The grant comes from the National Institutes of Mental Health. It will fund the continuation of a study launched five years ago in which 707 children between the ages of six and 12 were evaluated for elevated symptoms of mania, a common indicator of bipolar disease and other childhood psychiatric disorders, according to a statement from Case.
Children participating in the study’s initial phase have been evaluated every six months for their psychiatric diagnoses, symptoms, use of mental health services and medication, and psychosocial function.
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Researchers are hoping to learn more about what factors make children with elevated symptoms of mania more likely to develop a bipolar disorder. “We want to develop the means by which to more accurately diagnose bipolar disease in children,” said Robert Findling, the study’s coordinating principal investigator and a professor of child and adolescent psychology.
