Bipolar News for December 4, 2005

Bipolar News

December 4, 2005

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Private Records Accidentally Released In Salem
CBS4Boston - Boston,USA
Dozens of psychological profiles, which included suicide attempts, bipolar disorders and drug abuse, were posted for the past several months. ...

I can't believe I killed my whole family, Manatee man says
Sun-Sentinel Sat, 03 Dec 2005 8:23 AM PST
BRADENTON -- A 20-year-old man who has confessed to fatally bludgeoning four members of his family on Thanksgiving said he is severely mentally ill and can't explain why he did it.

Man admits assault on Rockaway Twp. widower, 72
DailyRecord.com Sat, 03 Dec 2005 1:12 AM PST
A former high school honor student admitted Friday that he smashed a 72-year-old widower over the head with a crowbar during a robbery that he and three cohorts committed in January at the victim's Rockaway Township home.

Parents never gave up trying to help their son
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sat, 03 Dec 2005 1:32 AM PST
MYAKKA CITY -- When Richard Henderson Jr. got into trouble -- in school, in court or in his marriage -- his parents stood by him. They gave him a job with the family's lawn care business and home-schooled him after he was expelled for bringing a gun to school.

THE CHRONICLE SEASON OF SHARING FUND / Answering a special need / Adoptive mom's budget busted by boys' medical bills
San Francisco Chronicle Sun, 04 Dec 2005 3:45 AM PST
At 36, Dawn Haddaway was a career woman with a good job who was committed to staying single. What a difference three years makes. Today, she is a single mother with four boys, two of whom are bipolar and face enormous physical challenges, too.

Speaker brings humor and a face to schizophrenia
Houma, Louisiana Newspaper - The Courier Sun, 04 Dec 2005 6:17 AM PST HOUMA -- When William MacPhee took to the podium at the second annual Start Corp. fund-raiser banquet at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, he wanted to take his audience on a journey into the world of insanity and psychosis.

Forcing pills on patients is not the answer
Albany Democrat-Herald Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:42 PM PST
When David Oaks hears someone suggest that compulsory drug treatment is the solution to mental illness, it horrifies him. Thirty years ago, while a student at Harvard, Oaks was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was locked up and forcibly injected with psychiatric drugs.

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The News-Press Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:38 PM PST
DELTONA - Laura Northrup, 36, of Deltona, relies on Medicaid's health care coverage for disabled children to provide all primary and specialty care for her 5-year-old daughter, Alia, who has cerebral palsy.

This Week's Bipolar News

Credit Card Consolidation Speeds Freedom from Debt from Bipolar Disorder
by David Oliver
There's no question that many people dealing with bipolar disorder have unfortunately developed a tremendous amount of debt.

A patient's view of bipolar
Minnesota Public Radio
After being diagnosed with the most severe form of bipolar disorder, Marya Hornbacher chronicles her journey to accepting and managing her mental life.

Mother's mental illness diagnosed a decade ago
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sherri Love has a history of mental illness dating back more than a decade. The 47-year-old, on trial in District Court on charges she fatally stabbed her 7-year-old daughter, tried to kill herself multiple times and was diagnosed as bipolar, authorities said.

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Don't be a Victim of Pharmacy Errors

CNN Medical News published a story about a woman who was pregnant and filled a prescription for prenatal vitamins at her local Walgreens in St. Louis, Missouri.

Unfortunately, this woman miscarried within a few weeks of taking the drug. Later, she learned that instead of being given a prescription for her prenatal vitamins (Materna), she had instead been given Matulane, which is a chemotherapy drug used to treat Hodgkin's disease, according to a lawsuit filed this month in federal court.

According to the lawsuit, the drug (Matulane) is intended to interfere with cell growth and DNA development.

According to the National Patient Safety Foundation, each year in the United States there are 30 million dispensing errors out of 3 billion prescriptions which occur at outpatient pharmacies. Some errors are minor, and some patients catch them easily; however, other errors can be serious.

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Don't be a Victim of Pharmacy Errors

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