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December 29, 2006

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Doubts Cast On Organophosphate Poisoning As Cause Of Gulf War Syndrome Depression

MJHS Helps Seniors Cope With Depression

Variety of services help out family on the brink
The Herald-Tribune
Lynn Santiago, 41, has bipolar disorder, and has battled depression most of her adult life.

A Christmas respite from a troubling world
The Providence Journal
PROVIDENCE - Like many Rhode Islanders, Claude-Anthony Pierre is celebrating Christmas with his family. He and his wife, son, daughter and mother-in-law will breakfast together at their home in Washington Park, and this afternoon more relatives will join them for dinner. They'll watch football and exchange gifts. They'll attend Mass. They'll be merry.

Getting control of holiday blues
The Advocate
NEW IBERIA - Family time, lots of gifts, Christ's birth, parties for weeks on end and a few extra days off from work - the holidays mean a lot of things to many different people.

Inmate suicides appear to slow
The Kentucky Post
A handful of inmates slumped quietly in molded plastic chairs on the other side of a booking area in the Kenton County Detention Center on a recent afternoon. One of the young men told a booking officer that he has bipolar disorder.

Types of mental illnesses
The Plain Dealer
Mental illness is a biologically based brain disorder that diminishes an individual's ability to deal with the everyday demands of life. Some types of mental illness include:

Where the women have been and where they are now
Detroit Free Press
LINDA FREENY, 40: Graduated. Clean for more than two years. Living in her own apartment and on disability after head injuries incurred on the streets. Still enrolled. Taking medication for bipolar disorder, living in transitional housing and on track to graduate in 2007.

Jail suicides decline under program
Lexington Herald-Leader
A handful of inmates slumped quietly in molded plastic chairs on one side of a booking area in the Kenton County Detention Center on a recent afternoon. One of the young men told a booking officer that he had bipolar disorder.

Mental health bill to face House vote
AP via Yahoo! News Thu, 28 Dec 2006 0:50 AM PST
After years of trying, advocates think they have a good chance of getting Congress to pass legislation next year that would require equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses, if their policies include both.

FDA OKs Multiple Generics of Glaxo Drug
AP via Yahoo! Finance
GlaxoSmithKline's anti-nausea drug Zofran will face competition from at least four generic versions recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, after the company's patent expired.

Police: Manic-Depressive Woman Missing
KMBC TheKansasCityChannel.com via Yahoo! News
Mary C. Young, 45, was last seen at 3241 S. Paseo Blvd. at noon on Dec. 22.

Inmate Suicides Appear to Slow
RedNova ST
A handful of inmates slumped quietly in molded plastic chairs on the other side of a booking area in the Kenton County Detention Center in Covington on a recent afternoon. One of the young men told a booking officer that he has bipolar disorder.

Mental health bill to face House vote
AP via Yahoo! News T
After years of trying, advocates think they have a good chance of getting Congress to pass legislation next year that would require equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses, if their policies include both.

Another man sues psychiatrist
The Cincinnati Enquirer
A second 19-year-old man is suing Cincinnati child psychiatrist Dr. Leo D'Souza, accusing the doctor of sexually molesting him.

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U.S. Kids Take More Psychotropic Drugs Than Europeans
HealthDay via Yahoo! News
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- American children are three times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medications for conditions such as ADHD and bipolar disease than European children are, a new study finds.

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Making mania understood
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