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February 6, 2007

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Bipolar disorder treatment: A cause of hypothyroidism?
Mayo Clinic
I have bipolar disorder and have recently been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Are the two conditions related in some way?

New program gives man with bipolar disorder a chance to get back on track
Sun-Sentinel
For the first time, Harrison Lubar could say: My pots and pans. My TV. My own home.

Stigmas stink: Grant designed to help avoid mental illness stereotypes
Cadillac News
Pat Bogar is hoping more people will understand what it is like to be in her shoes. The 55-year-old has been dealing with depression and bi-polar disorder since the age of 23 and she said she has felt first hand the effects of the negative stigma of mental illness.

St. Marys Mother To Fight Abuse And Drug Charges
First Coast News
The 55-year old Kays says her son and daughter are both bipolar in addition to having ADD -Attention Deficit Disorder. She says her daughter is supposed to ...

Fostering "Buy-In": Step One in Bipolar Spectrum Treatment
Psychiatric Times
In a previous article, I discussed using the bipolar "spectrum" concept alongside the DSM system as a dual explanatory model (see "Bipolar Disorder: ...

Crisis intervention focus of training
Greenville Daily Reflector
Just completed crisis intervention training is expected to help local police and deputies handle people suffering from illnesses such as bipolar disorder, ...

Extreme irritability -- is it childhood bipolar disorder?
EurekAlert!
Results of a new study may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of two debilitating childhood mental disorders -- pediatric bipolar disorder (BD) and a syndrome called severe mood dysregulation (SMD). When the brain's electrical signals were measured during mildly frustrating situations, researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), of the National Institutes of Health, ...

Psychiatrist quizzed over gun in court
The Age
Psychiatrist arrested with loaded gun inside Melbourne Magistrates Court after routine security check detected .22 calibre handgun and ammunition in backpack.

Bruce Genaro: BiPolar - The New "Must-Have" Disorder
HuffingtonPost
I was surprised recently by a television commercial from Bristol-Myers Squibb for ABILIFYR (aripiprazole). While I've gotten used to the daily implications from drug companies that there might be something wrong with me, depression, acid reflux, restless leg syndrome, I was not prepared for a campaign targeting Bipolar disorders (previously referred to as manic-depressive). I was further ...

Mentally ill more likely to die from heart disease, not cancer: study
AFP via Yahoo! News
The severely mentally ill are more likely to die from heart and circulatory problems than is the general population, said a British study.

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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.

Problem Gambling Likely in Bipolar I Disorder
About - News Issues
It's long been known that compulsive gambling is a problem for many people with bipolar disorder. But a study published in the September 2007 issue of the...

Making mania understood
Ocala
This is a widespread error and it needs to stop because it stigmatizes the mentally ill and their families that must deal with bipolar disorder on a daily ...

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Sleep Disturbances Cause Major Problems for People

Most of us have normal sleep patterns, with no complaints; however, many people have a hard time getting to sleep (insomnia). Others are able to get to sleep at first, but have a hard time sleeping through the night (sleep disruption). In fact, many people have been diagnosed with actual sleep disorders, such as Sleep Apnea, where they stop breathing in their sleep. Sleep disturbances cause major problems for many people.

The advent of the diagnoses of sleep disorders brought with it the development of medications to combat these sleep disorders. Unfortunately, many of these medications are either habit-forming, or even addictive.

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