1. A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on Bipolar Disorder, Dante Cicchetti
I. Phenomenology and Diagnosis
2. Development, Age of Onset, and Phenomenology in Bipolar Disorder, Stephanie E. Meyer and Gabrielle A. Carlson
3. A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective on the Assessment and Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, Eric A. Youngstrom
4. Bipolar Disorder in the Preschool Period: Development and Differential Diagnosis, Joan L. Luby, Andy C. Belden, and Mini Tandon
II. Onset, Prognosis, and Course
5. Clinical Presentation and Longitudinal Course of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Rasim Somer Diler, Boris Birmaher, & David J. Miklowitz
6. Course of Early-Onset Bipolar Spectrum Disorders during the College Years: A Behavioral Approach System Dysregulation Perspective, Lauren B. Alloy, Lyn Y. Abramson, Snezana Urosevic, Robin Nusslock, and Shari Jager-Hyman
7. A Developmental Perspective on the Course of Bipolar Disorder in Adulthood, Joseph F. Goldberg
III. Etiology/Risk and Protective Mechanisms
8. Genetic and Environmental Vulnerability to Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Erik Willcutt and Matthew McQueen
9. Neurodevelopment in Bipolar Disorder: A Neuroimaging Perspective, David E. Fleck, Michael A. Cerullo, Jayasree Nandagopal, Caleb M. Adler, Nick C. Patel, Stephen M. Strakowski, and Melissa P. DelBello
10. Adolescent-Onset Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: A Cognitive Vulnerability-Stress Perspective, Lauren B. Alloy, Lyn Y. Abramson, Patricia D. Walshaw, Jessica Keyser, and Rachel K. Gerstein
11. Social Cognition and Cognitive Flexibility in Bipolar Disorder, Erin B. McClure-Tone
12. The Role of Stress in the Onset, Course, and Progression of Bipolar Illness and Its Comorbidities: Implications for Therapeutics, Robert M. Post and David J. Miklowitz
IV. Treatment
13. Developmental Considerations in the Pharmacological Treatment of Youth with Bipolar Disorder, Robert A. Kowatch, Jeffrey R. Strawn, and Melissa P. DelBello
14. Pharmacotherapy for Adults with Bipolar Depression
Michael E. Thase15. Family-Based Approaches to Treating Bipolar Disorder in Adolescence: Family-Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy
David J. Miklowitz & Tina R. Goldstein
16. Psychoeducational Psychotherapy for Children with Bipolar Disorder
Amy N. Mendenall and Mary A. FristadV. A First-Person Account
17. Growin Up in a Family with Bipolar Disorder: Personal Experience, Developmental Issues, and Overcoming Stigma
Stephen P. Hinshaw
