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July 17, 2006

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What Can Prevent Relapse In Depression?

Wyeth Affirms The Safety Profile Of Effexor XR

National Survey Finds Depression Costs Nearly Tripled For Individuals With Limited Access To Care

New Survey Finds Financial Consequences Of Depression Are Seventy-Five Percent Higher Among Floridians Than The National Average

Stress Not High Priority Issue For Many UK Companies

Psychiatric patient cleared to have abortion
The Columbus Dispatch
CANTON (AP) - A judge will allow a psychiatric patient who says she was raped to leave the hospital with a police escort so she can get an abortion. "I'm not in a position to bar somebody from exercising a right," Judge John Haas, of Stark County Common Pleas Court, said during a hearing Friday.

Behaving Badly Has Disorder to Call Its Own: Ever-Growing List of Mental Illnesses Met By Skepticism
RedNova
By Chris Emery, The Baltimore Sun Jul. 17--When researchers announced that 16 million Americans who fly into occasional fits of unwarranted rage may suffer from a mental illness called "intermittent explosive disorder," the diagnosis drew its share of hoots and howls.

`Meds' now daily part of summer camp ritual
Chicago Tribune
The breakfast buffet at Camp Echo starts at a picnic table where children jostle for their morning medications: Zoloft for depression, Abilify for bipolar disorder, Guanfacine for twitchy eyes and a host of medications for attention deficit disorder.

Health calendar and support groups
Orange County Register
"Postpartum Depression." Public educational meeting by The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance of Orange County. 7:30 p.m. , 1100 W. Stewart Drive, Sister Frances Dunn/northeast building, second floor, Classroom 1, Orange. 714-744-8718

Camp fixtures: bugs, s'mores - and pills
Seattle Times Sun, 16 Jul 2006 0:23 AM PDT
The breakfast buffet at Camp Echo starts at a picnic table where children jostle for their morning medications: Zoloft for depression, Abilify...

Mental health overhaul worries many
Greensboro News-Record
The state is overhauling its mental health system, and the consequences worry many. (Credit: "By Nate DeGraff Staff Writer")

Anxiety support meetings
The Hillsboro Argus
The Hillsboro Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance welcomes all individuals, including family and friends, suffering from a depressive illness and/or anxiety disorder to support meetings.

Class geared to families of mentally ill adults
San Antonio Express News
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of San Antonio will begin a 12-week class in August for families of adults with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depression.

Psychiatrist testifies at Yates trial
AP via Yahoo! News
Believing that Satan wanted her to drown her five children, Andrea Yates knew killing them was wrong and therefore wasn't insane as defined by law, a forensic psychiatrist testified Friday during her second murder trial.

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'Bipolar Boy' tops awareness week
The Patriot-News - PennLive.com
A program by a comedian with bipolar disorder headlines the Mental Health Association of Lebanon County's observance of Mental Illness Awareness Week. ...

Treatment of Bipolar Illness: A Casebook for Clinicians and Patients
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)
Part III, "Pharmacology and Neurobiology of Bipolar Illness," is a review of fundamental issues on psychopharmacology and the causes and mechanisms of the ...

No free assessment for fraudster
Independent Online
A Western Cape fraudster failed on Wednesday to have himself sent to a State psychiatric hospital for free assessment for a bipolar mood disorder. ...

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