Bipolar News for January 22, 2007

Bipolar News

January 22, 2007

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Area Roundup
The Star Press
MUNCIE -- A free, 12-week course is being offered to help family members cope with relatives who have serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.

Forced to go on a tighter leash
Financial Times
As the ex-sales director of a financial services company, Sean Ryder knows how to manage money. But a diagnosis of bipolar disorder two years ago has dramatically altered his financial circumstances.

States Study Marketing of Lilly Pill
New York Times
State prosecutors have demanded Eli Lilly turn over information about the way it promoted the drug Zyprexa.

Suspect in blaze has violent past
Rocky Mountain News
Derrick Nicholas Johnson cut a violent swath through Colorado Springs and El Paso County for five years before his arrest on charges of setting the Castle West Apartment fire that killed at least two people.

Motherhood, Marriage And Mental Illness
Science Daily T
A new CAMH study showedsthat previously married mothers have higher rates of depressive disorders and alcohol abuse compared to married or never-married mothers. This work expands our understanding of the relationship between family structure and psychiatric outcomes, and enhances our understanding of how the pathway to single-motherhood impacts mental health.

Mental health centers pitched <>
Mobile Press-Register
A local corporation and a Tennessee company have submitted applications to build acute-care psychiatric hospitals in the Eastern Shore area.

Motherhood, Marriage And Mental Illness
Science Daily
A new CAMH study showedsthat previously married mothers have higher rates of depressive disorders and alcohol abuse compared to married or never-married mothers. This work expands our understanding of the relationship between family structure and psychiatric outcomes, and enhances our understanding of how the pathway to single-motherhood impacts mental health.

No Evidence To Support Many Off-label Uses Of Atypical Antipsychotics
Medical News Today
Some newer antipsychotic medications approved to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are being prescribed to millions of Americans for depression, dementia, and other psychiatric disorders without strong evidence that such off-label uses are effective, according to a new analysis by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Strong medicine
Orange County Register Sun, 21 Jan 2007 3:10 AM PST
Controversy surrounds an unconventional psychiatrist and his treatments.

State plans overhaul of mental health care
The Arizona Republic
State health officials have decided to revamp Maricopa County's public behavioral health system to address decades-long concerns about the way the mentally ill receive treatment.

Strong medicine
Orange County Register Sun, 21 Jan 2007 3:12 AM PST
A rule-breaker fights for the mentally ill. But some say he has gone too far.

Homeless man sued for $1M shocks ex-wife
AP via Yahoo! News
A homeless man who was slapped with a $1 million lawsuit for hanging out in front of an upscale antique shop has an ex-wife who thought he was dead.

Mental-health options grow
The Columbus Dispatch
People who have had to pay out of pocket to treat mental illnesses will soon be able to show their healthinsurance cards to see counselors, psychiatrists or to pay for prescriptions.

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Most important things we can give: love, time
BizJournals
Dr. Paul Keck Jr. is president and CEO of the $28 million, 64-bed Lindner Center of Hope in Mason and executive vice chairman and Lindner Professor of Psychiatry & Neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Keck is an expert in bipolar disorder and has published more ...

Discrimination at Work
About - News Issues
... is really disturbing that an employer could be so crass. Have you told your employer about having bipolar disorder? What has your experience been with this?

Bipolar mom is too much for hard-pressed couple
The Standard-Times
Dear Annie: Three months ago, my husband and I accompanied my 71-year-old mother to our home in California. She was released to my care because the authorities in Pennsylvania felt she could no longer manage on her own. She has a history of mental...

Man gets 30 years for murdering mother
Naperville Sun
Cliff Newcomer suffers from bipolar disorder, the release said. The mangled body of Marilyn Newcomer, 55, was discovered about 11:45 pm on Jan. ...

Many Famous People Suffer With Bipolar Disorder
Corsavoo.com
Writers have been some of the most famous people with bipolar disorder. Mark Twain was one such writer. He, like many other writers, was highly functional ...

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