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Bipolar News

July 29, 2006

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NIMH: Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder may appear to be a problem other than mental illness—for ...
Like other mental illnesses, bipolar disorder cannot yet be identified ...

Medical Comorbidity in Bipolar Disorder: Implications for ...
Psychiatric Services (subscription) - USA
... cross-national population-based investigation exploring the prevalence and functional implications of comorbid general medical disorders in bipolar disorder. ...

Judge rules Alta firm not guilty of selling bipolar pills without ...
CBC News - Canada
CALGARY (CP) - An Alberta company was justified in continuing to sell a nutritional supplement to bipolar patients despite an order by Health Canada not to, a ...

Bipolar Disorder Not Being Accurately Diagnosed By Doctors In UK
MedIndia - India
... British government's drug watchdog has warned yesterday that the doctors are failing to recognise manic depression, which is also known as bipolar disorder in ...

Topiramate for Co-Occurring Bipolar Disorder and Disruptive ...
Am J Psychiatry (subscription) - USA
To the Editor: Although studies have suggested that topiramate is helpful in the treatment of bipolar disorder, no study, to our knowledge, has examined its ...

Chronic Depression in Bipolar Disorder
Am J Psychiatry (subscription) - USA
A 45-year-old woman with bipolar I disorder has been treated with various combinations of mood stabilizers and antidepressants for many years, but she ...

Journal Entry: A Child’s Bipolar Story - “Hopeless”
GNIF Brain Blogger - Los Angeles,CA,USA
[Editor’s Note: The following journal entry portrays a child not only suffering from the disabling symptoms of psychopathology, namely bipolar disorder, the ...

Bipolar 'Yota with a 1995 Toyota pickup truck
Mini Truckin Magazine - USA
By Mini Truckin' Staff. When Geoff first tore into his truck a few years ago, he knew he wanted it to be different. The first thing ...

Uncover the mysteries of five common disorders of the mind
Homemaker's Magazine - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... According to the Mood Disorders Society of Canada, one per cent of Canadians will experience bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression) in their lifetime ...

Anti-depressant drug maker sued for sons' suicides
The Plain Dealer
Akron - A father has sued the company that manufactured an anti-depressant his two sons were taking when they committed suicide a year apart. Mark Bibbee of Stow claims the drug Lexapro led his son David, 23, who had bipolar disorder, to shoot himself Feb. 19, 2003, at his home.

Woman who stabbed husband gets probation
phillyburbs.com
Janet Silverberg, who thought her husband was a Nazi soldier, was sentenced to two to 23 months in prison, then immediately paroled.

Clinical Trials Update: July 28, 2006
HealthDay via Yahoo! News
(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:

Saved By The Bell star drops tabloid lawsuit
WENN via Yahoo!
Former Saved By The Bell star Lark Voorhies has dropped her lawsuit against US tabloid the National Enquirer.

Mental health crime link studied
BBC News
People with severe mental illness are responsible for one in 20 violent crimes, researchers say.

And the Award for Most Dramatic Americans of the Moment Goes to ... the Irish
New York Times
Showtime and FX mine an ethnic group and its culture for narrative gold, creating two most captivating dramas of the summer.

Alternative med acquittal cheered
Calgary Sun
Two southern Alberta men charged with violating federal health regulations say their acquittal in provincial court yesterday bodes well for alternative medicine in Canada.

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Artist faces her demons in gallery show
The North Bay Nugget
Michelle LaRiviere is a survivor, but she has not escaped unscarred. She has demons and faces them daily. But now the road to recovery looks bright. The petite, raven-haired woman, who was diagnosed with affective bipolar disorder last summer, poured her heart and fears out to strangers...

Atypical antipsychotics in bipolar disorder: the treatment of mania
Adv Psychiatric Treat
He has had a career-long interest in psychopharmacology and in bipolar disorder, and has authored two editions of Use of Drugs in Psychiatry published by ...

In a sense, everyone is bipolar to some extent, doctor says
Hattiesburg American
I was having a "down day" and he said he thought I must be bipolar. He was just picking at me but I got to thinking about it and I do have up days and down ...

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The Three Worst Things That Bipolar Disorder Causes - Part 1

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