ABCT Bipolar SIG

Welcome! This is the Wiki home page for the Bipolar Special Interest Group. We are a special interest group of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

The Bipolar Disorders SIG welcomes members who are focused on the etiology and treatment of bipolar spectrum disorders. The members cover the developmental course of bipolar disorder, from juvenile to adult bipolar disorder, and span interests in assessment, clinical description, culture, outcomes, risk factors, and treatment models. This SIG has a particular investment in providing a nurturing atmosphere for idea exchange, and a forum to help promote the development of junior scientists.

Here is a link to GoogleDoc notepad for rapid updating (during meetings, etc.).

SIG leadership
Co-chairs: Amy West, PhD, and Victoria Cosgrove, PhD

Past co-chairs:

Lauren Weinstock, PhD, and Anna Van Meter, PhD

Lauren Alloy, PhD, and David Miklowitz, PhD

Sheri Johnson, PhD, and Eric Youngstrom, PhD

Listserv topics of interest

 * Diagnostic criteria for mania: DSM-5 problems
 * Inter-rater reliability -- Suggestions/thoughts about best practices

Meeting agendas

 * 2021 meeting: New Orleans, LA
 * 2020 meeting: Philadelphia, PA
 * 2019 meeting: Atlanta, GA
 * 2018 meeting: Washington, DC
 * 2017 meeting: San Diego, California

Materials

 * Bipolar SIG OSF login -- This is a section of the Open Science Foundation where we can post and share resources (and have more control over access privileges than on Wikiversity)
 * PEP materials
 * "Actigraphy Project" Party: A page to organize and analyze global datasets on actigraphy.

Publications of interest

 * ISBD Task Force Bipolar Paper: Future Directions in Research
 * Gruber & Weinstock (2018), Interrater Reliability in Bipolar Disorder Research: Current Practices and Suggestions for Enhancing Best Practices, International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
 * Yee et al. (2015), Unfiltered administration of the YMRS and CDRS-R in a clinical sample of children, JCCAP