Table 1.
The greater Houston Area Bipolar Registry - summary of the assessments.
| Screening visit | Second visit | Annual Follow-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children/adolescentsa | Parentsb | Children/adolescentsc | Parents | Children/adolescentsc | Parents | |
| Sociodemographic information | X | X | X | |||
| Psychiatric diagnostic | X | X | X | X | ||
| Psychometric evaluationd | X | X | Xe | X | X | |
| Neuropsychological evaluationf | X | |||||
| Saliva sample | X | X | ||||
| Blood sample | X | X | ||||
| Neuroimagingg | X | |||||
a
All children and adolescents potentially eligible.
b
Both parents preferable.
c
Qualified for the HBR (meets criteria for BD I, II or other specified bipolar and related disorder, offspring of parents with BD and healthy controls).
d
Includes psychiatric symptoms, functionality, stress life events and quality of life.
e
Self-reports about their children behavior.
f
At every 2 years of follow-up.
g
Scheduled after the two baseline assessments for structural MRI, magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), diffusion tension imaging (DTI), and resting-state functional MRI (fMRI).