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November 12, 2006

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GenCell given DoE PEM fuel cell bipolar plates funding
Fuel Cell Today
GenCell Corporation has been awarded $1.25 million (£657,000) by the US Department of Energy (DoE) for the further development of its proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell components.

Potential Breakthroughs in Neurotherapeutics Reviews Consensus Thinking About the Pathophysiological Mechanisms,
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Potential Breakthroughs in Neurotherapeutics: Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Depression, Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia to their offering.

Biomarkers for psychosis
EurekAlert!
Psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, personality changes, and disorganized thinking occur in several psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression.

Studies Look At How Genes Affect Antipsychotic Drug Response
Science Daily
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy are attempting to discover how genes determine how well an antipsychotic medication works in adults and children and the side effects it will cause.

False rape report leads to 1-year sentence
Los Angeles Times
A Dana Point woman accused six men of abducting her, but a video shows her orchestrating some of the sex.

Police shooting of mentally ill man ruled justified
WCAX 3
WILLISTON, Vt. -- State troopers were justified when they fatally shot an armed, mentally ill man during a confrontation last summer in Corinth, state and county investigators have concluded.

Bipolar Disorder is Topic at NAMI Meeting <>
RedNova
By Victoria Advocate, Texas Nov. 11--Susan Satava on Monday will discuss bipolar disorder, and why -- like diabetes and heart disease -- the disorder is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout your life.

Students share drug, grow ill
Akron Beacon Journal
A student at Field High School is in trouble after sharing his prescription medicine with four classmates. The students were taken to Akron Children's Hospital about 1 p.m. Thursday after experiencing dizziness, headaches and drowsiness. They had taken a drug commonly prescribed for bipolar disorders and schizophrenia.

Athletes warned of eating disorder dangers
The Herald
Eating disorders cause more deaths than any other mental health problem, including conditions such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, a sports health conference will hear today.

State improving mental health services for ex-convicts
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS - Needy, mentally ill prison inmates who have faced the prospect of losing their medications and other treatment when they complete their sentences are getting help from a new pact between the state's corrections and social services agencies.

Clemency sought for delusional murderer
The News & Observer
The North Carolina inmate is part of a national debate on the executions of those with severe mental illness.

ERs bear brunt of mental health budget cuts
The Lufkin Daily News
The severe lack of psychiatric doctors and treatment facilities in Deep East Texas is exhausting Burke Center resources, and the effects of the shortage are impinging the resources of local emergency rooms.

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Overeating and substance abuse are similar disorders
Los Angeles Times
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Club stoush bowls out member
The Advertiser
A MAN suffering from bipolar disorder and depression has been barred from membership at a Sydney bowling club after a clash over club bylaws.

Mom abandons 18-year-old under Nebraska safe-haven law
Richmond Times-Dispatch
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Police say a woman has abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital, saying she can't control the girl, in what may be the latest use of Nebraska's unique safe-haven law. The woman told officials at BryanLGH Medical Center West that her daughter, who was adopted, is bipolar and has a learning disability, Assistant Police Chief Jim Peschong said today.

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