7.4 Distress Response and Neural Processing of Social Exclusion in Youth at High Risk for Bipolar Disorder

Abstract

Anxiety may be an initial clinical symptom in youth at familial risk for bipolar disorder (BD). Social exclusion is a key source of anxiety among youth, but little is known about the neural underpinnings of social exclusion in youth at familial risk for BD. We therefore examined the functional neural correlates of social exclusion in youth at familial risk for BD.