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This Week's Bipolar News

Seroquel Litigation May Cost AstraZeneca $1.2B in Legal Costs: Report
AboutLawsuits.com
... treatment of bipolar disorders through publications presented at major congresses,” even though treatment of bipolar disorders was not approved at the time.

Robert Westhead: Instead of just being lively, I was losing touch with reality
Independent
It has been suggested that having a celebrity's ultra-outgoing personality might dispose someone to bipolar illness. At least one in 100 people has bipolar ...

Drop-in centers provide stop-gap, support to patients with mental illness
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
“If you're bipolar and cycling through the ups and downs, you can go to the center and people understand because we've all been there. ...

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Featured Article:

Are People with Bipolar Disorder Dangerous?
by David Oliver

Many people have asked me, "Are people with bipolar disorder dangerous?" It seems to be a common misconception among those who are supporters or society in general. I'd like to address that concept in this article.

First of all, very few people with bipolar disorder are dangerous. Only half the people with mania have psychotic symptoms at some point in their lifetime.

A bipolar manic episode with psychotic features can include paranoia, hallucinations, and delusions. Instead of being "over-ecstatic" as is commonly concluded about a person in a manic episode; the person may, instead, be agitated, irritable, and short-tempered. Usually, these manic symptoms are not dangerous or scary (except to the person experiencing them).

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