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Youth who have parents with bipolar I disorder appear to be most at risk for developing early-omet bipolar symptoms. The current study examined how one group counseling intervention, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy-child, may improve emotional awareness and in/luence the family environment over d 12-week treatment internal for a group of youth aged 1 1-16. Improving emotional awareness and the Almily environment may help slow symptom expression for youth at risk for developing bipWar I disorder. Changes iii depressive symptoms for each participant were assessed using a Ningle-case research design method to help better understand tlze mechanisms of change throughout treatment. While mults indicate changes in emotional awareness, the majority were statistically nonsignificant, Notably, participants' perception of control significantly changed, and participants reported significant positive changes in family environment. Some participants experienced decreases iii depression over the course of the intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]