
David Axelson
Director of the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Services (CABS) Program at the · UPMC Medical Education
Credentials: · · ·
History
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Pitts School of Medicine


Research
Clinical course of children and adolescents with bipolar spectrum disorders
Archives of General Psychiatry · 2006 · 506 citations
American Journal of Psychiatry · 2009 · 486 citations
Amygdala response to fearful faces in anxious and depressed children
Archives of General Psychiatry · 2001 · 407 citations

231 papers
- NR
112 papers

96 papers
- BG
59 papers

57 papers · 3 as a resident

46 papers

44 papers

40 papers · 36 as a resident
Grants
- 2001–2016
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
PI · $2.4M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2006–2012
Family-Focused Treatment for Bipolar Adolescents
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $1.7M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2001–2008
National Institute of Mental Health · U01
Contact PI · $2.7M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2000–2005
Psychopharmacology of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
National Institute of Mental Health · K23
Contact PI · $693.5K · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
Clinical trials
- 2006–2012
Effectiveness of Family-Focused Treatment Plus Pharmacotherapy for Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 3
University of California, Los Angeles
- 2001–2005
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 1, Phase 2
University of California, Los Angeles
- 2019–2029
Suicide Treatment Alternatives for Teens
Site PI · Recruiting
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati





