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April 6, 2007

Weiland's wife: Bipolar disorder caused meltdown

Drugs used not much beneficial in bipolar disorder: Study
PharmaBiz
For depressed people with bipolar disorder who are taking a mood stabilizer, adding an antidepressant medication is no more effective than a placebo (sugar pill), according to results published online on March 28, 2007 in the "New England Journal of Medicine".

Study Sheds Light On Medication Treatment Options For Bipolar Disorder
Medical News Today
For depressed people with bipolar disorder who are taking a mood stabilizer, adding an antidepressant medication is no more effective than a placebo (sugar pill), according to results published online on March 28, 2007 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results are part of the large-scale, multi-site Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD), a $26.

Mentally Ill Children To Get More Services
Washington Post
The administration of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) has directed local governments to offer more services to children who have severe mental health problems. The move is an effort to keep parents from having to place children in foster care to receive services, a controversial practice that has forced...

New law expands insurance policies for mental health
Seattle Times
Private health-insurance policies for individuals and small companies in Washington now will be required to offer coverage for mental-health...

Playing Sick: Volunteers Help USC Medical Students Sharpen Their
RedNova
By Czerne M. Reid, The State, Columbia, S.C. Mar. 31--Peggy Cornwell was in the local cast of a Shakespeare play when she was discovered by a talent scout. She landed a recurring role as a fake patient in an award-winning USC School of Medicine production.

'RoccerMom' Gets At Least 16 Months For DWI Crash
WCBS-TV New York
As he sentenced a 47-year-old woman who killed her daughter's close friend by driving drunk after a long night of clubbing with teenagers, a judge said he knew prison time was nothing compared to the guilt that would plague her for the rest of her life.

Parent Center Navigates Mental Health System
Queens Chronicle
(Kim Brown) Lorraine Jacobs struggled with a mentally-ill child for years without any help ? now she is heading an Elmhurst program to guide parents like herself.

UC study finds just 40% of teens rebound after bipolar treatment
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Fewer than four out of 10 bipolar teens recover enough to lead full lives after their first hospitalization for the disorder, new research from the University of Cincinnati found.

Six tips for choosing an effective substance abuse program
Market Watch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Celebrities and rehab seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly lately. But when people without fame and fortune slide into substance abuse problems, it pays to know how to find the best program.

Soil Bacteria Work In Similar Way To Antidepressants
Medical News Today
UK scientists suggest that a type of friendly bacteria found in soil may affect the brain in a similar way to antidepressants.Their findings are published in the early online edition of the journal Neuroscience.

Mind Matters: Depression can creep in through many different doors
Marco Eagle
Why do people get depressed? Depression occurs for a variety of reasons. It can develop in response to a specific situation or life event, such as loss of a loved one, disappointment in career or plans, or any major stressor.

Intensive Therapy May Help Bipolar Depression
CBS News
Intensive psychotherapy plus medication may trump brief therapy and medication for bipolar depression patients, mental health experts say.

Intensive psychotherapy more effective than brief therapy for treating bipolar depression
EurekAlert!
Patients taking medications to treat bipolar disorder are more likely to get well faster and stay well if they receive intensive psychotherapy, according to results from the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD), funded by the National Institutes of Health?s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The results are published in the April 2007 issue of the ...

Latest NIMH Study on Bipolar Disorder
U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News
Today the Archives of General Psychiatry published a study on the effectiveness of psychosocial treatments for bipolar disorder, "Psychosocial Treatments for Bipolar Disorder." This is a follow up study to one released last Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine on the effects of antidepressants in the treatment of bipolar disorder. Both studies, called STEP-BD, were funded by the ...

Study backs therapy, not just pills, for bipolar illness
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Intensive therapy helps in battle against bipolar disorder
News-Medical-Net
New results from the largest federally funded bipolar study ever conducted show that patients who receive psychotherapy in addition to medication get better faster from bipolar disorder's debilitating depression and stay better longer, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher involved in the study.

Study finds talk therapy most effective for bipolar patients
The San Angelo Standard-Times
A pair of studies suggest that talk therapy can aid patients with bipolar disorder, while two widely used antidepressants did not appear to help.

A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty With Total Hip Replacement for Displaced Intracapsular ...
RedNova
By Blomfeldt, R; Trnkvist, H; Eriksson, K; Sderqvist, A; Et al The best treatment for the active and lucid elderly patient with a displaced intracapsular fracture of the femoral neck is still controversial.

Harvard Researchers Show Specially Formulated High EPA Omega-3 Supplement Effective as a Stand-Alone Treatment for ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
BOSTON----A recently published study by researchers at Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital shows that a specially formulated high EPA Omega-3 fatty acid supplement should be the first-line treatment for children with ADD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and other educational and behavioral problems.

Effectiveness of psychosocial treatments for bipolar disorder
News-Medical-Net
This is a follow up study to one released last Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine on the effects of antidepressants in the treatment of bipolar disorder. Both studies, called STEP-BD, were funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.

Intensive psychotherapy most effective for treating bipolar depression
News-Medical-Net
Patients taking medications to treat bipolar disorder are more likely to get well faster and stay well if they receive intensive psychotherapy, according to results from the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD), funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

Depressed? Don't Suffer in Silence ; Tabitha Suzuma Was Born in 1975 and Lives in London. She is The author of A Note of ...
RedNova
'MY debut novel, A NOTE OF MADNESS, is a book for teenagers and adults alike. It's a fictional account about 18-year-old Flynn - a top pianist at the Royal College of Music who suffers from bipolar disorder, commonly known as manic depression.

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