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Bipolar Woman Sues Walgreens Over Pregnancy
CBS 4 - Miami,FL,USA
LAUDERDALE A woman who claims she got pregnant because a Walgreens pharmacy did not warn her that her bipolar medication decreases the effectiveness of her ...

Drug companies pushing anti-depressants
Life Style Extra - UK
... Prof Healy said: "No drug company is going to be interested in bipolar disorder, unless the prevalence of the disorder can be greatly increased. ...

Woman drowns in swimming pool
Miami Herald
A 64-year-old woman was found dead in a swimming pool behind a group home in Miramar on Saturday afternoon. Police haven't released the name of the woman who was in the group home at 8755 W. Long Acre Dr., with a caretaker and another resident at the time.

Fisher preaches responsibility, recovery
The Edmond Sun
EDMOND - A wild and comedic Carrie Fisher, a.k.a. Princess Leia to many middle-aged men, showed up Saturday at Sellers Event Center as the guest speaker for the Women's Health and Wellness Symposium, sponsored by Edmond Medical Center.

Unruly passengers are a sky-high pain
The Columbus Dispatch
Turbulence isn't always about the conditions outside an airplane. Last month, a plane was diverted to Port Columbus after a passenger attacked an offduty crew member during a flight from Cleveland to Cincinnati,
authorities said.

Walking out of darkness to help fight suicide
Inside Bay Area
LOOKING BACK, Jessica Little says she had felt sad and listless - in short, depressed - for years before the day she opened a bulk-size bottle of Advil and popped every little brown pill.

Family ponders prevention after son's suicide
Billings Gazette
The Jan. 19 obituary in The Billings Gazette for 15-year-old Austin Jay Hammer refers to his life as a "constant adventure" filled with miracles. But there weren't enough miracles to convince him not to kill himself two
days earlier after a particular ...

Program to explore manic depression
The News Journal
Andy Behrman's life was once a dizzying whirl of frenetic activity, followed by periods of deep depression.

College Can Complicate Bipolar Disorder
The Village Voice
College Can Complicate Bipolar Disorder (By John Giuffo)

Our crazy mental health system
Salon.com
A crusading journalist with a bipolar son says jails have become warehouses for the mad -- and argues for forced commitment.

Drug firms encourage manic depression, says academic
NewsWales
Drug companies are in danger of creating an epidemic of bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness) in order to boost sales of mood stabiliser drugs, an academic from Cardiff University will argue at a conference this week.

Group homes get stiffer rules
The Charlotte Observer
Some of North Carolina's most vulnerable children will receive safer homes and better mental health treatment, thanks to the correction of a nearly five-year-old mistake that placed them at risk and cost the state millions.

Behavioral therapy helps mentally ill drug addicts
Reuters via Yahoo! News
Drug-addicted patients with severe, persistent mental illness respond well to a new behavioral approach that involves social skills training and motivational interviewing, as well as mandatory urine checks, research
suggests.

Experts urge you to take charge of your meds
NorthJersey.com
Your medicine cabinet is full of prescription drugs (new and old), bottles of painkillers, cold medicines and that natural herb remedy you tried during your hippie days.

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