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Robert A. Kowatch

Medicine · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1975

Publications

192

Citations

9,239

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1975

Research summary
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Robert A. Kowatch studies bipolar disorder and other mood and behavioral conditions in children and adolescents, focusing on how medications like lithium and antipsychotics work and how well they treat symptoms such as mania. His work also examines family-based psychosocial (talk-therapy and family support) interventions and diagnostic methods for pediatric mood disorders.

Pediatric and adolescent bipolar disorderMedication treatment (lithium, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers) for youth mood disordersFamily-based psychosocial interventionsDiagnosis and symptom classification of childhood mania/hypomaniaClinical trials and treatment effectiveness research

Publication output was uneven over the last decade, with a large spike in 2020 followed by a marked slowdown through 2022-2025, resulting in a low recent average of about 0.6 papers per year.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 30 publications30202021: 2 publications2122232024: 3 publications242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • UNC Libraries×30
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry×4
  • Journal of Affective Disorders×4
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology×3
  • Bipolar Disorders×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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