The Role of The Family in the Course and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder

Sponsored by the Ewald W. Busse Lectureship Dr. Miklowitz is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Program at the UCLA Semel Institute. He is also Visiting Professor of Psychiatry at Oxford University in the UK. His research focuses on family environmental factors and family interventions for kids and adults with mood or psychotic disorders. His work has helped establish the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions as adjuncts to medication for bipolar disorder across age ranges. Dr. Miklowitz has received numerous awards for his research, including: • Young Investigator Awards from the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (1987) and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) (1987); • Distinguished Investigator Award from NARSAD (2001); • The 2005 Mogens Schou Award from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders; • The 2009 Gerald Klerman Senior Research Investigator Award from the Depressive and Bipolar Support Alliance; • The 2011 Bipolar Mood Disorder Research Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation; • In 2017, the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology; • In 2020, the Mood Disorders Research Award from the American College of Psychiatrists, one of only two psychologists to have done so. He has received multiple research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and 10 private foundations. Dr. Miklowitz has published over 400 research articles and 8 books, including "Bipolar Disorder: A Family-Focused Treatment Approach" and "The Bipolar Disorder Survival Guide," an international bestseller with over 350,000 copies in print and translated into 8 languages. His latest book, due out in September, is called "Living well with bipolar disorder: Practical strategies for improving your daily life."