Bradley Hospital Study Finds Difference in Bipolar Disorder in Children, Adults Engaging Patients Proven to Lower Readmissions, Helping Hospitals Avoid Penalties

摘要

PROVIDENCE – A new study from Bradley Hospital has found that bipolar children have greater activation in the right amygdala – a brain region very important for emotional re- action – than bipolar adults when viewing emotional faces. The study, now published online in JAMA Psychiatry, sug- gests that bipolar children might benefit from treatments that target emotional face identification, such as computer based "brain games" or group and individual therapy.