Bipolar News for June 9, 2006

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June 9, 2006

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REVIEW: Gleason Frank, Funny in 'Traffic'
Forbes - USA
... Gleason has what one of her parade of doctors diagnosed as bipolar disorder, "a chemical imbalance which causes people to experience extreme highs on the one ...

Kids' psychiatric drug use soars
The Argus - Fremont,CA,USA
... ethnic groups. Some experts also pointed to an increase in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children as a contributing factor. In ...

Testimony begins in case of Palmer woman accused of killing ...
Eyewitness News - East Providence,RI,USA
... Rutkowski's lawyer says his client suffers from bipolar disorder and wasn't taking the proper psychiatric medication when the incident happened. ...

Stopping Traffic: Slow Moving Vehicle
Broadway World - Monsey,NY,USA
... set. In theory, Stopping Traffic deals primarily with her battle against bipolar disorder and it’s threat to end her career. That ...

Antidepressants and Bipolar Disorder: What Do Recent Studies Tell Us?
Psychiatric Times
The Islamic philosopher and physician Abu'l-Walid Ibn Rushd, better known as Averroës, said that the art of healing requires "the acquisition of universal principles . . . coupled with prolonged experience." 1 In this article, we review some of the recent research on the use of antidepressants in bipolar disorder (BD), and we also discuss briefly the methodologic principles that should guide us

MENTAL ILLNESS COSTLY FOR ALL
Kansas City Star
Depression. Bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia. Attention Deficit Disorder. Suicide. The words can scare us. Most families will be touched by mental illnesses in some form.

Sex Offender Nabbed In 'Bikini Murder'
CBS News
Authorities say a registered sex offender wanted in the death of Clemson University student Tiffany Marie Souers - strangled with her bikini top in her off-campus apartment - has been captured in Tennessee.

Man arrested in slaying suspected in sex assaults
USA Today
A registered sex offender suspected of strangling a Clemson University student with her bikini is also suspected of committing at least two other sexual assaults within the same week in other states, said a Tennessee sheriff.

In her one-woman show, Mary Pat Gleason uses humor to heal
The Villager
"Stopping Traffic," written and performed by Mary Pat Gleason, is anything but the typical one-woman show. It's a funny but often poignant first-person account of her battle with bipolar disorder while working as an actress and writer in New York and Hollywood.

A Quiet Way to Check Mental Health
Washington Post
NEW YORK -- Concerned by rising stress levels in the ranks, the Defense Department has quietly started an online self-screening program in hopes that anonymity will help some service members and their spouses overcome reluctance to confront possible mental health problems.

Healing at a distance, therapists try telepresence
International Herald Tribune
Psychiatry, especially in rural swaths of the United States that also often have deep social problems like poverty and drug abuse, is emerging as one of the most promising expressions of telemedicine.

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Most important things we can give: love, time
BizJournals
Dr. Paul Keck Jr. is president and CEO of the $28 million, 64-bed Lindner Center of Hope in Mason and executive vice chairman and Lindner Professor of Psychiatry & Neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Keck is an expert in bipolar disorder and has published more ...

Discrimination at Work
About - News Issues
... is really disturbing that an employer could be so crass. Have you told your employer about having bipolar disorder? What has your experience been with this?

Bipolar mom is too much for hard-pressed couple
The Standard-Times
Dear Annie: Three months ago, my husband and I accompanied my 71-year-old mother to our home in California. She was released to my care because the authorities in Pennsylvania felt she could no longer manage on her own. She has a history of mental...

Man gets 30 years for murdering mother
Naperville Sun
Cliff Newcomer suffers from bipolar disorder, the release said. The mangled body of Marilyn Newcomer, 55, was discovered about 11:45 pm on Jan. ...

Many Famous People Suffer With Bipolar Disorder
Corsavoo.com
Writers have been some of the most famous people with bipolar disorder. Mark Twain was one such writer. He, like many other writers, was highly functional ...

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The word used to describe not taking your medications is called "noncompliance." When you are noncompliant with your medications, you could be causing great danger to yourself (and possibly others), and it could even be fatal.

Studies show that roughly 25 percent of medications are not taken as prescribed. As far as psychiatric medications, this number is doubled. With bipolar disorder, one in two patients will stop their medication in the first 12 months of treatment; usually because they will experiment with their dosage and/or go off their medication altogether (many because they enjoy their manic "highs"). Click here to read the entire article.

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