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September 7, 2006

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Memory Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 2a Trial of MEM 1003 in Bipolar Disorder
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. today announced the dosing of the first subject in a Phase 2a trial of MEM 1003 in patients with acute mania in bipolar disorder. The Company is conducting the trial as part of its agreement with The Stanley Medical Research Institute , which is providing funding support for this Phase 2a clinical trial of MEM 1003.

Pipeline Insight: Bipolar Disorder - New treatments for bipolar depression set to drive near-term growth
Pharmaceutical Business Review
Introduction Stimulated by sales of atypical antipsychotics for bipolar depression, and despite the launch of generic risperidone, the global bipolar disorder market will grow until 2011, when revenues will peak at $6.6 billion.

Bipolar Daughter Needed Help; Her Parents, Answers
Los Angeles Times
CHICAGO - Hour after hour, Christina Eilman threw herself at the bars of her cell, shrieking threats one moment and begging for help the next.

Previously Approved Drugs May Be Helpful In Fatal Pediatric Disorder
Science Daily
A progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is often fatal within the first two decades of life may be treatable via a molecule already targeted by approved drugs, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and other institutions report.

Suspect in Doctor's Death Held Without Bond
Washington Post
The 19-year-old North Potomac man accused of killing a prominent psychiatrist will remain detained without bond while prosecutors and his lawyer explore alternatives to have him examined by mental health experts.

Occupational therapy aims to help clients work, live
The Hillsboro Argus
Occupational therapy students at Pacific University learn the art and science of providing their clients with the tools that allow them to get through their everyday lives.

Evan Dando Im Bipolar
ContactMusic
LEMONHEADS frontman EVAN DANDO has confessed he has been struggling with bipolar disease for years. The MRS ROBINSON singer was 'outed' by longtime p

The dragon within Dispelling myths about bipolar disorder
Goderich Signal-Star
Goderich Signal-Star - Fists clenched and arms reaching to the sky, he screamed to the stars that he was God and would overthrow the government and save the world. In shock and worry, his family realized their son and brother had a mental illness and took him to the hospital.

Options slim for mentally ill inmate
The Union
A mentally ill woman who tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband may not be able to afford treatment at a mental health facility for her bipolar disorder, which could leave the judge two choices: Sentence her to prison or probation.

Police say man killed relatives with ax
AP via Yahoo! News
A man fatally hacked his mother and 2-year-old nephew with an ax before apparently committing suicide by stepping into highway traffic, sheriff's officials said.

Business: Disability doesn't excuse bad behavior at work
The Nashua Telegraph
Having a mental disability does not excuse an employee from misconduct at the workplace or prevent them from being terminated because of inappropriate behavior. ... - J. Daniel Marr

Study Uncovers New Female-linked Risk Factor For Schizophrenia
Science Daily
UCLA scientists have discovered that infants who possess a specific immune gene that too closely resembles their mothers' are more likely to develop schizophrenia later in life. Reported in the October issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, the study suggests that the genetic match may increase fetal susceptibility to schizophrenia, particularly in females.

Peers Help Them Stay in Control: Mentors of Those in Self-Help Plan Also Have a Mental Illness, Say They Add Knowing Perspective to Course

Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio); 9/5/2006

Sep. 5--People can have a lot of control over their own emotional well-being, even when living with a serious mental illness.

That's the take-home message of the Peer to Peer Recovery Education Course, which was started in Summit County in July.

Curriculum for the self-help course was created by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in 2000. Ohio is one of 16 states to offer the course, which is free and runs for nine consecutive weeks, said Karen Curlis, one of the peer mentors who run the group.

Funding for the Ohio launch of Peer to Peer was provided by a $20,000 grant from the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation in Hudson.

During the last two months, eight participants in the new Summit program, aided by Curlis and two other mentors who also have a mental illness, have met to work on understanding themselves and their abilities to have a positive effect on the course of their problems.

The cornerstone of Peer to Peer is the creation of a relapse prevention plan. In this plan, participants look at some of the changes in thoughts, feelings and actions that signify their mental stability may be at risk.

One of the current group participants, Bert Powers of Akron, showed a detailed chart that he had created as part of his relapse plan. Powers, who has bipolar disorder, said that the group has enabled him to identify triggers that could contribute to a relapse of severe symptoms.

"I'm going to keep this a long time," he told Curlis as he looked at his writing-filled chart.

"And when you have a problem, you look at that (chart) and think, 'Oh, this is happening again. What do I need to do?' " Curlis told him

Group participants and mentors exchange phone numbers among themselves, encouraging the formation of supportive friendships.

Curlis, a licensed social worker who also works at Tarry House residential treatment home, has a condition called schizoaffective disorder. Unlike traditional counselors, she and the other mentors, Seth Freed and Lisa Griffin, share their personal backgrounds with the participants because they are peers, not mental health experts trained to maintain boundaries with clients.

Freed, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder, said that the group helps people understand that "maybe mental illness isn't normal, but it's OK. Once the stigma is lifted, it allows space for people to grow," he said.

He and Curlis said that leading the group has a positive effect on the mentors.

"I think as we help others to heal, we heal ourselves," Freed said.

Peer to Peer will be offering another nine-week course in November. To be eligible, an area resident must be in treatment for a mental illness -- there are no restrictions as to the type or severity of the mental illness. Those interested in participating will go through a short interview process.

For more information about Peer to Peer, contact Curlis at 330-612-3665.

Katherine Spitz can be reached at 330-996-3581 or kspitz@thebeaconjournal.com

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