Bipolar News for September 13, 2006

Bipolar News

September 13, 2006

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In two minds
ITP.net - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... in part, to medications. Bipolar (manic-depressive) disorder is estimated to affect 1% of the population worldwide. As one of the ...

GP nurse diagnosed as bipolar (updated 1:40 pm)
Edmonton Journal (subscription) - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
Nurses at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie were poisoned by pineapple slices dusted with powdered sedative, yogurt injected with drugs and ...

Bipolar disorder often mistaken for ADHD
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
It could be juvenile-onset bipolar disorder, a psychological condition that causes recurring attacks of depression and hyperactivity. ...

Advances Seen in Mood Disorders Research
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... At the APA meeting, Kupfer and others discussed new perspectives on bipolar disorder, algorithms to assist measurement-based management of mood disorders, and ...

Exposure To Light Can Help Reduce Medical Errors And Improve Patient Outcomes In Hospitals; Linked To Depression And Stress http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=51404&nfid=nl

Suicide, Depression Skyrocket In Katrina Trailer Parks http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=51305&nfid=nl

Creative juices
The Daily Iowan Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:47 PM PDT
Bob Dylan has it; J.K. Rowling has it; and maybe David Bowie has too much of it - creativity. As the UI bids farewell to one of its greatest researchers, James Van Allen, the institution is aiming to remain a hot-bed for innovative research. This tradition of evocative thought has continued in one UI professor's study of creativity in the human brain, the first empirical analysis of its kind.

N.J. man gets life term in fatal South St. beating
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Nader Ali, the former medical student who beat a classmate to death with a baseball bat on South Street in 2004, was sentenced yesterday to life in a maximum-security prison.

Portage program chance to learn more about mental illness
Akron Beacon Journal
If you have a loved one with mental illness, you probably have lots of questions. Here's a chance to get some answers. The Portage County chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is joining with the Mental Health & Recovery Board to offer a free educational program geared toward family members and friends of people with mental illness.

Lafave tells NBC she 'didn't feel like adult'
St. Petersburg Times
The Tampa teacher who had sex with a 14-year-old student says her actions were brought about by her struggle with bipolar disorder.

Adam Ant opens up about depression
Yahoo! Launch UK & Ireland
British pop star Adam Ant has spoken of his struggle with manic depression.

Expert talks of suspect's mental state
The News-Review
Sutherlin teen Kelly Erin Irwin had a deeply devoted, intense relationship with Rebecca Ann Machain throughout their friendship in 2004, a psychologist testified in court Tuesday.

Meeting set to discuss allegations of abuse against mentally ill El Pasoans
ABC 7 El Paso
Several city and state leaders are inviting Borderland residents to a public hearing Wednesday, hoping to find out more about alleged mistreatment of the mentally ill in the area.

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Mental-health resource centre saluted
The Province
Nine years ago, when her then-10-year-old son became suicidal and was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Anderson said she would spend the greater ...

Unique Collaborative Alliance Prepares to Launch a Performance ...
RedOrbit
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing, the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), ...

'Voices' arsonist gets prison
Albany Times Union
Schenectady man faces up to 16- year term in torching of two buildings SCHENECTADY -- A city man whose attorney said he struggled with voices commanding him to set fires will spend up to 16 years in state prison for a pair of arsons. Justin Swint, 19, acknowledged to Schenectady County Judge Karen Drago during sentencing Tuesday morning that he is on medication for being bipolar and ...

Months after teen's suicide, 'Yolanda's Law' advances
Boston Globe
Nicknamed "Yolanda's Law" after a Plymouth teenager who eloquently testified before legislators about her struggles with bipolar disorder, a bill aimed at improving mental health care for an estimated 100,000 Massachusetts children now awaits Governor Deval Patrick's signature.

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Violence and Bipolar Disorder

Never forget that violence is many times associated with a bipolar manic episode, so if your loved one is showing signs of violence, you need to be prepared.

Kay Redfield Jamison writes of the "dark, fierce and damaging energy" of mania, and those with bipolar depression may threaten suicide or even carry through with it.

If your loved one has what the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses (DSM-IV), (the "psychiatric bible" put out by the American Psychiatric Association), calls "suicidal ideologies – one of the symptoms of bipolar disorder – get them help immediately.

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