An Update with Dr. Kenneth Towbin, MD

Chief of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

DBSA Parent Volunteer Coordinator Julia Small speaks with Dr. Towbin about NIMH’s ongoing research, which will further our understanding of the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder and related mood disorders in children and adolescents. NIMH’s clinical work focuses on the differences of brain function and brain processing between children and adolescents with classic episodic bipolar disorder and chronic severe irritability. Learn more about NIMH’s research here: http://patientinfo.nimh.nih.gov/BipolarDisorderPediatric.aspx