Thermoregulatory Fear of Harm Disorder

• Fear of Harm has unrelenting symptoms that devastate children and families.
• Children are misdiagnosed and miss out on successful treatment.
• Learn the essentials on how to recognize, treat, and manage Fear of Harm.
• Get real help with managing Fear of Harm symptoms.
• There is hope: there’s a safe, affordable, and effective treatment.
• Every child deserves the right diagnosis, a treatment plan that works, and hope.

JBRF supports children and families suffering from bipolar disorder and Fear of Harm through research, education, and outreach. JBRF is the only organization working to improve the lives of children and families struggling with Fear of Harm.

JBRF’s outstanding research team has done groundbreaking work identifying this new phenotype of bipolar disorder, currently referred to as Thermoregulatory Fear of Harm Disorder, or Fear of Harm for short. They’ve identified a treatment for Fear of Harm that is safe, affordable, and effective.

JBRF provides these educational resources so that families, patients, clinicians, and prescribers can know how to recognize, treat, and manage Fear of Harm.

“I hope that [my child’s] story helps others and that no other children who suffer with Fear of Harm have to lose years of their life.”

Parent of an adult child with Fear of Harm

“I wouldn’t be here, I wouldn’t be alive… the amount of life I’ve been able to live to make up for those bad years is because of the treatment, and because of the support, and because of the focus, and the want to live life again because of this treatment.”

Patient with Fear of Harm, age 45