Inpatient Child and Adolescent Bipolar Spectrum Imaging study (InCabs Imaging)
The InCabs Imaging study aims to identify markers of bipolar disorder using functional neuroimaging, actigraphy, questionnaire data, and machine learning to improve early detection of illness and inform treatment planning and personalised interventions. Participants are over 200 adolescents between 13 and 17 years old, including those who have bipolar disorder and are patients at the Inpatient Child and Adolescent Bipolar Services (InCabs) unit at Western Psychiatric Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (United States of America), and healthy controls. Baseline assessment began in 2020, and the study is still recruiting participants as of 2025. There are plans to follow up the cohort longitudinally.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - clinical
Number of participants at first data collection
226 (participants as of 2025)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
13 - 17 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2020
Primary Institutions
University of Pittsburgh
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- None
Engagement
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