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February 23, 2007

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Bipolar labels for children stir concern
Boston Globe
The case of Rebecca Riley highlights a hot debate in psychiatric circles over the growing number of children who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder
-- a battle centered largely in Boston but affecting the treatment of young patients nationwide.

Simple Test Distinguishes Between Bipolar Disorder And Depression
Science
Type II bipolar disorder patients are difficult to diagnose since their manic episodes are not very marked and they are usually diagnosed as depression patients. Choosing an incorrect treatment can be counterproductive. A study led by IDIBAPS, with the participation of PSYNCRO, 10 hospital centers and the support of GSK, demonstrates how the HCL-32 test identifies bipolar depression in a simple ...

Debate Over Children and Psychiatric Drugs
New York Times
The parents of a 4-year-old girl have been charged with deliberately poisoning their daughter by giving her overdoses of prescription drugs to sedate her.

Mental-health bill advances
The Providence Journal
WASHINGTON - A key Senate panel voted overwhelmingly yesterday to push the insurance industry to treat mental illness and addiction on an equal footing with physical ailments, advancing what Sen. Edward M. Kennedy called "one of the most important civil-rights issues facing the nation."

Drug, mental-health services to feel funding pinch
Athens News
Funding cuts will soon hit several local agencies that serve individuals with mental illnesses, people suffering from drug or alcohol addictions, senior citizens and victims of domestic violence.

Use of medicines questioned for children with bipolar disorder
International Herald Tribune
The death of 4-year-old who had been prescribed powerful medication for bipolar disorder has provoked debate among psychiatrists over both diagnosis and treatment.

Man who rammed truck was off his medication, attorney says
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
FERNDALE -- A Warren man charged with ramming his car into an innocent woman's pickup three times as she traveled Woodward has severe bipolar disorder and was off his medication at the time, his attorney says.

Roxbury man drives ex-girlfriend off the road
The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
A Roxbury man was charged Thursday with running his ex-girlfriend off the road in Roxbury Feb 4 and also with spreading a false alarm by making a bomb threat. He is being held without bail in Chittenden County for the incidents. ... - By Daphne Larkin Times Argus Staff

Acts land men behind bars
The Jackson Citizen Patriot
Calvin Cline and Timothy Hutton have something in common besides being Jackson residents with famous-sounding names. Each is bipolar and acted dangerously enough to come before Circuit Judge Edward Grant on sentencing day Thursday.

'Shameless' writer tells of constant thoughts of suicide
Independent
In a moving interview he talks about the bipolar disorder he has battled for much of his life, after first realising he had psychiatric problems as a ...

Girl's Death Rekindles Psychiatric-Drug Debate
RedNova
By Benedict Carey Early on the morning of Dec. 13, police officers responding to an emergency call arrived at a house in Hull, Massachusetts, a seaside town near Boston, and found a 4-year-old girl on the floor of her parents' bedroom, dead.

Shattering the taboo of mental illness
Wisconsin State Journal
Less than 12 hours after they lost their son to suicide last year, Eric and Trudy Garland found themselves writing his obituary at a funeral home. They
were devastated but knew what they wanted to do.

Mental health recovery workshops offered
Eaton Rapids Community News
EATON COUNTY - The following is by "David" - artist, writer, floral designer, who has been in recovery for bi-polar disorder since age 15: "Always remember that you are a person first and foremost. A mental health label does not define you. You are not 'depression' or 'schizophrenia' or 'bipolar'.

Girl's death puts doctor at center of controversy
Boston Globe v
Six years ago, an 11-year-old boy from Belchertown was experiencing wild mood swings. Counseling sessions did not calm his sometimes violent eruptions. Then one day, the child and his mother walked into the Springfield office of Dr. Kayoko Kifuji, a petite, soft-spoken child psychiatrist who had come to the United States from Japan six years earlier.

Psychiatric medication for children spurs debate
Kansas City Starv
NEW YORK | Early Dec. 13, police responding to a 911 call arrived at a house in Hull, Mass., and found a 4-year-old girl on the floor of her parents' bedroom, dead.

Did the devil make her do it?
The Monterey County Herald
Dear Dr. Gott: I am a social worker and have worked as a case manager and counselor for more than 20 years.

Denver Inmate Seeks Class-Action Status For Suit
CBS4 Denver Wed, 21 Feb 2007 8:07 AM PST
An inmate who described himself as a bipolar and schizophrenic American veteran filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that mental health care was illegally withheld while he was at he Denver jail.

Counseling provides girl with skills to handle emotions
Marshfield News Herald
Curled into a couch corner at the Marriage and Family Health Services, Danielle, 15, is comfortably discussing how bipolar disease and depression have affected her life.

Affymetrix launches gene study array
bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance
Affymetrix Inc. has started the full commercial launch of its SNP Array 5.0, which helps to better identify complex diseases such as autism, bipolar disease, cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

Unraveling The Risk For Schizophrenia: Eye Movement And Attention Focus Of New Study
Science Daily
A Binghamton University researcher has established a new framework to help determine whether individuals might be at risk for schizophrenia. In a study published in this month's Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Mark F. Lenzenweger, a professor of clinical science, neuroscience and cognitive psychology at Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), is the first to have found that ...

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Treatment of Bipolar Illness: A Casebook for Clinicians and Patients
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No free assessment for fraudster
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A Western Cape fraudster failed on Wednesday to have himself sent to a State psychiatric hospital for free assessment for a bipolar mood disorder. ...

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