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April 13, 2007

Intensive Psychotherapy Boosts Bipolar Disorder Outcomes
MedicineNet.com
Title: Intensive Psychotherapy Boosts Bipolar Disorder Outcomes Category: Health News Created: 4/6/2007 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/6/2007

Bipolar boy in 14 facilities before death in Mexia
Houston Chronicle
By the time Ruben Gonzales was 9 years old, his own mother was calling the Texas child abuse hotline from her Fort Bend County home and filing a complaint against herself in a desperate plea for help with her troubled, bipolar son.

Bipolar youth at 15 facilities before his death
Laredo Morning Times
By the time Ruben Gonzales was 9 years old, his own mother was calling the Texas child abuse hotline from her Fort Bend County home and filing a complaint against herself in a desperate plea for help with her troubled, bipolar son.There was no question Gonzales, a sometimes violent youth, was seriously mentally ill in 2001, according to information obtained by the Houston Chronicle from the Texas ...

Bipolar former Spartan feared for his life
CBS Sportsline
A former Michigan State football player charged with murder for allegedly throwing a neighbor to his death from a third-floor apartment balcony says he thought the man was trying to kill him.

Bipolar teen's death raises alarms
San Antonio Express-News
Improper use of restraints, abuse cited at Mexia State School.

Mental Health of Ex-Honor Student Deteriorates: Family Says Teen Not Getting Right Medicine, Wants Him Transferred
RedNova
By Holly Becka, The Dallas Morning News Apr. 8--Eighteen-year-old Zachariah Tarver arrived at a Texas Youth Commission prison last October with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder and a history of self-medication and suicide attempts.

Bipolar research points to drug-free treatment
India Daily
Therapies could avoid side-effects of medication. Scientists track down genes linked to disorder Traditional drug regimes for people with bipolar disorder could be increasingly replaced with therapies to treat the "triggers" of manic episodes, scientists say.

Long-Term Therapy Effective in Bipolar Depression
New York Times
Psychotherapy is more effective than short-term treatment for alleviating depression associated with bipolar disease, new research suggests.

Lithium grows bipolar brain gray matter
UPI
U.S. neuroscientists have shown lithium increases the amount of gray matter in the brains of patients suffering from bipolar disorder. UCLA professors...

Lithium Builds Gray Matter in Bipolar Brains, Study Shows
PhysOrg
Neuroscientists at UCLA have shown that lithium, long the standard treatment for bipolar disorder, increases the amount of gray matter in the brains of patients with the illness.

Man shot and killed by Santa Rosa police was bipolar
The Fresno Bee
A man who was shot and killed in his driveway by police officers was bipolar and needed medication when he allegedly charged at them, authorities said Tuesday.

Program targets psychosis
The Ann Arbor News
A new community-wide effort aims to reduce the devastating toll of serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder among local young people.

Weiland's wife blames rage on disorder
The Charlotte Observer
Scott Weiland's wife said an imbalance of medications for bipolar disorder caused rowdy behavior that left hotel rooms trashed and led to her arrest for allegedly torching the Velvet Revolver rocker's clothes.

Harvard Researchers Show Specially Formulated High EPA Omega-3 Supplement Effective As A Stand-Alone Treatment For ...
ChemicalOnline
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

Bipolar Scientist Shares Story
The Harvard Crimson
Award-winning author Kay Redfield Jamison spoke in Emerson Hall yesterday evening. She discussed her own experiences with bipolar disorder and warned of a widespread reluctance to seek help for such problems.

Man Shot By Santa Rosa PD Was Unarmed, Bipolar
CBS 5 Bay Area
A 30-year-old man was unarmed when he was fatally shot by Santa Rosa police officers Monday in the driveway of his home and the responding officers knew he had a bipolar affective disorder and needed medication, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department reported.

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The Record
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Featured Article:

Being the Ultimate Perfectionist

                                                           By Michele Soloway Sexton

I am the ultimate perfectionist.  Yes, me.  I even got a fortune cookie one time that said, "You have a yearning for perfection," do you believe that?"  Even Confucius knows it!

But it's a real battle for me.  I expect things from myself that I would never expect from anyone else, and it really messes with my bipolar disorder, because, well, no one's perfect, and no one can live with that kind of stress.

So I was talking to someone about it lately, and they told me, "It's ok to strive for perfection, as long as you don't expect to arrive at perfection."

It's ok to make mistakes.  That's what I've been learning.  If you don't learn that, you'll be bound up in fear (another thing that's bad for our bipolar disorder). 

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