Kiki Chang

Clinical Focus

• Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Professional Education

Internet Links

• Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program Website

Current Research Interests

As Director of the Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program, Dr. Chang conducts research into various facets of bipolar disorder. He is currently conducting phenomenologic, biologic, pharmacologic, and genetic studies of bipolar disorder in adults and children. These studies include brain imaging (MRI, MRS, fMRI) and medication and therapy trials. He is particularly interested in detecting prodromal bipolar disorder in children who might then be treated to prevent the development of full bipolar disorder. To do this, he has been studying children of parents with bipolar disorder who are at high risk for developing the disorder themselves.

Publications

• Information processing in adolescents with bipolar I disorder. Whitney J, Joormann J, Gotlib IH, Kelley RG, Acquaye T, Howe M, Chang KD, Singh MK. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2012
• Amygdalar, hippocampal, and thalamic volumes in youth at high risk for development of bipolar disorder. Karchemskiy A, Garrett A, Howe M, Adleman N, Simeonova DI, Alegria D, Reiss A, Chang K. Psychiatry Res. 2011
• Antidepressants and psychostimulants in pediatric populations: is there an association with mania? Goldsmith M, Singh M, Chang K. Paediatr Drugs. 2011; 13 (4): 225-43
• Characterization and factors associated with sleep quality in adolescents with bipolar I disorder. Roybal DJ, Chang KD, Chen MC, Howe ME, Gotlib IH, Singh MK. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2011; 42 (6): 724-40
• Early psychosocial intervention for youth at risk for bipolar I or II disorder: a one-year treatment development trial. Miklowitz DJ, Chang KD, Taylor DO, George EL, Singh MK, Schneck CD, Dickinson LM, Howe ME, Garber J. Bipolar Disord. 2011; 13 (1): 67-75