MelissaDelbelloMD

Psychiatry • Cincinnati, OH

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

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Office
234 Goodman St
Ste 3200
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Phone+1 513-558-2989

Fax+1 513-558-3399
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Education & Training

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1998 - 2000
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Psychiatry, 1995 - 1999
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineResidency, Psychiatry, 1995 - 1998
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1995

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 1996 - 2025
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Clinical Trials

A Study of Quetiapine for the Treatment of Mood Disorders in Adolescents Start of enrollment: 2003 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 3
A Double-Blind Randomized Placebo Controlled Study of Quetiapine for the Treatment of Depression in Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder Start of enrollment: 2005 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 3
Efficacy Study of Quetiapine Plus Topiramate for Reducing Cannabis Consumption and Bipolar Mania Start of enrollment: 2006 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 4
Topiramate vs. Placebo in Preventing Weight Gain in Bipolar Disorder Treated With Olanzapine Start of enrollment: 2006 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 4
Efficacy and Tolerability of Topiramate in Treatment of Bipolar Mania and Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Young Adults Start of enrollment: 2008 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 4
Exenatide for the Treatment of Weight Gain Associated With Olanzapine in Obese Adults Start of enrollment: 2008 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 4
Multimodal Neuroimaging of Treatment Effects in Adolescent Mania Start of enrollment: 2009 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Neurochemical Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Adolescents at Risk for Mania Start of enrollment: 2009 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2
Pediatric Schizophrenia Efficacy and Safety Study Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 3
Pediatric Open-Label Extension Study Start of enrollment: 2013 Sep 30
Completed
Phase 3
Lurasidone Pediatric Bipolar Study Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 3
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Youth With Anxiety at Risk for Bipolar Disorder Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Mindfulness in Mood Dysregulated Youth Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
PRC-063 in Adolescent ADHD Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 3
Long-Term Safety of PRC-063 in Adolescents and Adults With ADHD Start of enrollment: 2014 May 01
Completed
Phase 3
Dasotraline Pediatric ADHD Study Start of enrollment: 2015 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2, Phase 3
Dasotraline Pediatric Extension Study Start of enrollment: 2015 Jun 30
Completed
Phase 3
Safety and Tolerability Study of SPD489 in Preschool Children Aged 4-5 Years, Diagnosed With Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Start of enrollment: 2015 Aug 21
Completed
Phase 3
Metformin for Overweight & OBese ChILdren and Adolescents With BDS Treated With SGAs Start of enrollment: 2015 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 4
Adaptive Phase II Study to Evaluate the Safety & Efficacy of NaBen® Start of enrollment: 2014 Jun 01
Terminated
Phase 2, Phase 3
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Prevalence and Correlates of Eating Disorder Symptoms in Adolescents with Bipolar I Disorder.
Thomas J Blom, Kaitlyn E Hardesty, Jenni E Farrow, Wan Y Kwok, Jeffrey R Strawn, Melissa P DelBello> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2024 Apr 24
2 citations
Common and distinct cortical thickness alterations in youth with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Wanfang You, Qian Li, Lizhou Chen, Ning He, Yuanyuan Li, Fenghua Long, Yaxuan Wang, Yufei Chen, Robert K McNamara, John A Sweeney, Melissa P DelBello, Qiyong Gong, Fei Li> ;BMC Medicine. 2024 Mar 4
Pharmacogenetic Factors Influence Escitalopram Pharmacokinetics and Adverse Events in Youth with a Family History of Bipolar Disorder: A Preliminary Study.
Honeycutt, D., Blom, T., Ramsey, L., Bruns, K., Welge, J., Patino, L., Strawn, J., Singh, M., DelBello, M.> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2024 Feb 1
Aberrant brain network topology in youth with a familial risk for bipolar disorder: a task-based fMRI connectome study.
Nanfang Pan, Kun Qin, Luis R Patino, Maxwell J Tallman, Du Lei, Lu Lu, Wenbin Li, Thomas J Blom, Kaitlyn M Bruns, Jeffrey A Welge, Jeffrey R Strawn, Qiyong Gong, John ...> ;Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines. 2024 Jan 14
Aberrant Neurofunctional Responses During Emotional and Attentional Processing Differentiate ADHD Youth With and Without a Family History of Bipolar I Disorder.
Patino, L., Wilson, A., Tallman, M., Blom, T., McNamara, R., DelBello, M.> ;Journal of Attention Disorders. 2024 Mar 1
Effect of non-invasive spinal cord stimulation in unmedicated adults with major depressive disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial and induced current flow pattern.
Francisco Romo-Nava, Oluwole O Awosika, Ishita Basu, Thomas J Blom, Jeffrey Welge, Abhishek Datta, Alexander Guillen, Anna I Guerdjikova, David E Fleck, Georgi Georgie...> ;Molecular Psychiatry. 2023 Dec 20
Common and distinct neural correlates of emotional processing in individuals at familial risk for major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder: A comparative meta-an...
Qin, K., Pan, N., Lei, D., Zhang, F., Yu, Y., Sweeney, J., Gong, Q., DelBello, M.> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2024 Mar 1
Shared and Distinct Neurobiological Bases of Bipolar Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Comparative Meta-analysis of ...
Long, Y., Pan, N., Yu, Y., Zhang, S., Qin, K., Chen, Y., Sweeney, J., Gong, Q., DelBello, M.> ;Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023 Dec 8
Cortical and subcortical structural differences in psychostimulant-free ADHD youth with and without a family history of bipolar I disorder: a cross-sectional morphomet...
Ziyu Zhu, Du Lei, Kun Qin, Maxwell J Tallman, L Rodrigo Patino, David E Fleck, Qiyong Gong, John A Sweeney, Melissa P DelBello, Robert K McNamara> ;Translational Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 30
IN MEMORIAM: John A. Sweeney, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Strawn, Melissa DelBello, Matcheri Keshavan> ;Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Jan 1
Association Between Symptom Severity and Medication Adherence in Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder Demonstrating Suboptimal Adherence.
Martha Sajatovic, Jennifer B Levin, Avani Modi, Molly McVoy, Larry F Forthun, Raechel Cooley, Jessica Black, Carla Conroy, Kaylee Sarna, Farren B Briggs, Melissa DelBello> ;Psychopharmacology Bulletin. 2023 Aug 11
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for.
Melissa DelBello> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2023 Aug 1
Cognitive, Family, and Quality-of-Life Characteristics of Youth with Depression Associated with Bipolar Disorder.
Arman Danielyan, Luis R Patino, Tessa Benanzer, Thomas J Blom, Jeffrey A Welge, Kiki D Chang, Caleb M Adler, Melissa P DelBello> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
Deficits in sustained attention in adolescents with bipolar disorder during their first manic episode.
Luis R Patino, Maxwell J Tallman, Hongbo Wen, Caleb M Adler, Jeffrey A Welge, Melissa P DelBello> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2023 Oct 15
1 citations
Different brain functional network abnormalities between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder youth with and without familial risk for bipolar disorder.
Kun Qin, Du Lei, Ziyu Zhu, Wenbin Li, Maxwell J Tallman, L Rodrigo Patino, David E Fleck, Veronica Aghera, Qiyong Gong, John A Sweeney, Robert K McNamara, Melissa P De...> ;European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 19
1 citations
Morphological abnormalities in youth with bipolar disorder and their relationship to clinical characteristics.
Wenbin Li, Du Lei, Maxwell J Tallman, Jeffrey A Welge, Thomas J Blom, David E Fleck, Christina C Klein, Caleb M Adler, L Rodrigo Patino, Jeffrey R Strawn, Qiyong Gong,...> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2023 Oct 1
Regional microstructural differences in ADHD youth with and without a family history of bipolar I disorder.
Du Lei, Kun Qin, Wenbin Li, Ziyu Zhu, Maxwell J Tallman, L Rodrigo Patino, David E Fleck, Veronica Aghera, Qiyong Gong, John A Sweeney, Melissa P DelBello, Robert K Mc...> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study of Topiramate in Manic Adolescents Treated with Olanzapine.
Melissa P DelBello, Kaitlyn M Bruns, Thomas Bloom, Luis Rodrigo Patino Duran, Jeffrey Strawn, Caleb M Adler, Jeffrey Welge> ;Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 2023 May 1
2 citations
Brain functional activation and first mood episode in youth at risk for bipolar disorder.
Fabiano G Nery, Jeffrey A Welge, David Fleck, Wade Weber, L Rodrigo Patino, Jeffrey R Strawn, Caleb M Adler, Stephen M Strakowski, Melissa P DelBello> ;Journal of Affective Disorders. 2023 Jun 15
ChatGPT: a promising AI technology for psychoradiology research and practice.
Nanfang Pan, Kun Qin, Aniruddha Shekara, Melissa P DelBello> ;Psychoradiology. 2023 Jan 1
Family environment of youth with first episode Mania.
Christina C Klein, Kaitlyn M Bruns, Laura E McLaughlin, Thomas J Blom, Luis Rodrigo Patino Duran, Melissa P DelBello> ;Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 1
2 citations
The inferior frontal gyrus and familial risk for bipolar disorder.
Kun Qin, John A Sweeney, Melissa P DelBello> ;Psychoradiology. 2022 Dec 1
1 citations
Expanded Treatment Options and Addressing Unmet Needs in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder.
Joseph F Goldberg, Melissa P DelBello, Holly A Swartz> ;The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2022 Nov 16
Early interventions for youth at high risk for bipolar disorder.
David J Miklowitz, Michael Berk, Melissa P DelBello> ;Bipolar Disorders. 2022 Dec 1
Characterisation of seven medications approved for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder usingmodels of hepatic metabolism.
Rebecca Law, David Lewis, Daniel Hain, Rachel Daut, Melissa P DelBello, Jean A Frazier, Jeffrey H Newcorn, Erika Nurmi, Elizabeth S Cogan, Susanne Wagner, Holly Johnso...> ;Xenobiotica; the Fate of Foreign Compounds in Biological Systems. 2022 Jul 1
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Journal Articles

Discrete Patterns of Cortical Thickness in Youth with Bipolar Disorder Differentially Predict Treatment Response to Quetiapine but Not Lithium
Melissa P DelBello, Caleb M Adler, Jeffrey R Strawn, Fabiano G Nery, Nature

Authored Content

Clinical Relevance Versus Statistical Significance: DelBello and Colleagues Respond to EditorialApril 2018
Efficacy and Safety of Lurasidone in Children and Adolescents with Bipolar I Depression: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled StudyOctober 2017
Efficacy and Safety of Lurasidone in Children and Adolescents with Bipolar I Depression: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled StudyOctober 2017

Press Mentions

Comorbid Substance Use Disorders Among Youth with Bipolar Disorder: Opportunities for Early Identification and PreventionAugust 18th, 2009

Grant Support

Multimodal Neuroimaging Of Treatment Effects In Adolescent ManiaNational Institute Of Mental Health2009–2012
Neurochemical Effects Of Omega-3 Fatty Acids In Adolescents At Risk For ManiaNational Institute Of Mental Health2009–2011
Topiramate For Co-Occurring Alcohol Use And Bipolar Disorders In AdolescentsNational Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism2008–2009
Topiramate For Co-Occurring Cannabis Use And Bipolar Disorders In AdolescentsNational Institute On Drug Abuse2006–2008
Brain Abnormalities In Adolescent Bipolar DisorderNational Institute Of Mental Health2002–2006

Hospital Affiliations

University of Cincinnati Medical CenterCincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, Ohio