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November 25, 2006

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Bipolar disorder
Mayo Clinic
From high to low. From euphoria to depression. From recklessness to listlessness. These are the extremes associated with bipolar disorder, which can be a serious and disabling mental illness.

Memory receives milestone payment for bipolar drug
Pharmaceutical Business Review
Memory Pharmaceuticals has has earned a milestone payment of $960,000 from the Stanley Medical Research Institute related to the ongoing phase IIa trial of MEM 1003 in patients with bipolar disorder.

New Hope for Manic-Depression Sufferers Comes From Unlikely Source
RedNova
Bipolar disorder sufferers experience swings from severe phases of mania to severe phases of depression and the disorder is treated as essentially two distinct conditions.

Maintaining Mental Health Key To Having A Happy, Healthy, Holiday Season
Medical News Today
The upcoming holidays are known as much for stress and anxiety as they are for joyful times with family and friends. It is easy to get caught up in the holiday frenzy, but there's never a more important time to remember to take care of your mental health. For people diagnosed with mood disorders, such as depression, the holidays can be even more difficult.

New hope for manic-depression sufferers comes from unlikely source
Pharmaceutical Business Review
Bipolar disorder sufferers experience swings from severe phases of mania to severe phases of depression and the disorder is treated as essentially two distinct conditions. However, following its US marketing license for the treatment of depressive symptoms, AstraZenecas atypical antipsychotic Seroquel could potentially offer a single-pill treatment for both acute phases of the disorder.

The Other Side of Psychopharmacology: A Review of the Literature
RedNova
By Murray, Thomas L Jr A number of literature reviews exist that support the use of psychotropic medications. This article provides a review of the disconfirming literature regarding psychopharmacology use.

Carrie Fisher in Wishful Drinkning
Santa Monica Mirror
Bipolar mood disorder is a devastating mental disease characterized by mood swings alternating between periods of depression and mania.

Psychiatric drug cocktails for children not backed up by scientific trials
International Herald Tribune
Last year in the United States, about 1.6 million children were prescribed behavior-altering drugs in combination, despite a lack of solid clinical proof that they work.

Having Sex is Vital for Healing the Mentally Ill, Experts Say
RedNova
By Dawn Fallik The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA - James Leftwich wants a girlfriend, wants to get married, wants the same kind of "normal" life most others desire. For years, he was encouraged not to try.

Drug OK'd to treat autism in kids
Baltimore Sun
Antipsychotic medication lessens underlying behaviors associated with disorder For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug to treat behaviors such as aggression, deliberate self-injury and severe temper tantrums associated with autism in children.

Mentally ill man's family struggled for help
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Andrew A. Moore probably would still be alive today and Howard Heinen Jr. would not be facing up to 60 years in prison if Heinen's friends and family could have forced him to get the mental health treatment that he didn't want.

Dr. Peter Breggin: Fifteen Principles of Life for Thanksgiving
HuffingtonPost
1. Love is joyful awareness. Love life--people, animals, nature, gardening, art and music, sports and exercise, literature, God--anything and anyone that brings you a joyful awareness of the wonder of being a living creature. 2. Gratitude satisfies the spirit. Be grateful for all that you love and if you cannot think of anyone or anything that love, then be grateful you still have a chance

Homeless studies an afterthought
The Florida Times-Union
This past summer, Wanda Lanier told me about a bipolar homeless man whose stays at hospitals and at the jail had left taxpayers holding a $40,000 tab.

Mental-health training is vital
Salem Statesman Journal
I was pleased to see Portland Mayor Tom Potter's and Police Chief Rosie Sizer's dedication to providing crisis intervention team training to all Portland police officers. I dare to hope the 2007 Legislature will require the same of all officers.

Struggling family seeks help during holidays
The Daily Item
"May I help you?" is a question Antoinette Moll asked many times during her 15 years as a bartender.

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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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