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January 15, 2007

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More Treatment Options For People With Bipolar
Scoop.co.nz
People with bipolar disorder will benefit from a PHARMAC decision to widen access to a medicine already used to treat epilepsy.

Mentally ill woman wins in top court
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:21 PM PST
OUTDATED DIAGNOSIS: Angela Williams lost her newborn son based on bipolar disorder. FAILURE TO BOND? She says she had no chance to connect with boy; state's high court agrees.

Wiki ordered to remove link to drug documents
The Register
EFF argues right to free speech breached A wiki about a controversial prescription drug has been ordered by a US court to remove a link to documents which originated with Eli Lilly, the drug's manufacturer..

Earlier Youth Discharges In Mental Health Treatment

Portsmouth Task Force Studying How to Handle Mentally Ill
RedNova
By Jen Mccaffery, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Jan. 11--PORTSMOUTH -- Portsmouth's police and behavioral health care services departments are working to provide "a better safety net" for the mentally ill.

Information From Your Family Doctor: Depression in Children and Teens
RedNova
By Anonymous What is depression? Depression is an illness that makes you feel sad or hopeless. If your child has depression, he or she may seem less confident or lose interest in things he or she used to enjoy. Your child may have trouble focusing, or seem grouchy or angry.

Four Wounded in Indianapolis Workplace Shooting
22 WSBT South Bend
(AP) A bipolar man faces attempted murder charges after Indianapolis police say he shot four fellow employees yesterday morning at an industrial building that employs disabled people. Police say 24-year-old Jason Burnam told them he fired at co-workers over issues of "respect."

Finding Proper Employment for Mentally Challenged Not Always Easy
WISH-TV Indianapolis
By Tony Perkins The man who shot four people at his work place yesterday has bipolar disorder according to his mother. Mental health workers say society has come a long way in helping people with mental issues join the workforce, but add there is a long way to go.

The search for a sound mind
The State
Former USC quarterback Dobby Grossman has struggled with bipolar disorder, but now he is going public to educate others about the disease and tell his own story.

New state-funded plan aids mentally ill
Miami Herald T
When Harrison Lubar turned 18, he was tossed out of the children's mental health system. He cried when he had to leave the outdoor education program for troubled youth that he loved.

Is Behaviorism Becoming a Pseudo-Science?
RedNova
By Wakefield, Jerome C ABSTRACT: Wyatt, Midkiff and Wong argue that biological psychiatry's power, not its scientific merits, explain token economies' eclipse by biological treatments of schizophrenia.

Restoring hope Justice programs address offenders' problems
Deseret Morning News
Three years ago, Richard Lyon was convinced he was on a mission from God, blessed with super powers that enabled him to perform miracles in the service of others.

Mental illness and teamwork
Billings Gazette
BAR NUNN- The family called it the dungeon - the dark, isolated basement to which Jared Walker retreated for days at a time.

Human Rights Watch
Bloomington Alternative
According to a new Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report, about half of the jail and prison population in the United States-1,254,800 men and women-has a mental health problem. The figure is staggering, but not surprising.

Attorney Asks Eli Lilly Issue Warning on Zyprexa
Scoop.co.nz
Attorney, Jim Gottstein, is calling for Eli Lilly to issue a Dr Doctor letter to warn prescribing physicians about the serious health risks associated with Zyprexa, which has become Lilly's top selling drug even though it is only approved to treat adults with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

Woman arrested in fatal stabbing, says man tried to rape her
KOMO Seattle
Jeannette M. May, 48, of Spokane, remained in jail Monday with bail set at $200,000 following the death of Harold W. Smith, 62, of Spokane Valley.

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I received an email from a person the other day. She asked me why so many great successful people, leaders, business people, etc. have Bipolar Disorder. I have long had a theory (but I don't have any kind of study to point to which would prove my theory). Here's what I think, though:

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A Basic Coping Strategy for Survivors of Bipolar Disorder

There are many ways that I’ve tried to cope with having bipolar disorder, as I’m sure you have as well.

One of the most basic ways I’ve discovered as a basic coping strategy to deal with bipolar disorder is the Serenity Prayer:

God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference.

It doesn’t matter whether you are “religious” or not, the prayer still works.

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