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May 25, 2007

Overnight walk aims to raise suicide awareness
The Record
Ivka Orlic of Hackensack considers herself a survivor. A cousin and a friend committed suicide. Orlic considered suicide, too, while struggling with her lifelong battle with bipolar disorder.

Man who stomped cats gets 2 years
The Capital
Michael Alan Poole, 24, whose attorney described him as bipolar and developmentally disabled, apologized to the court for killing the pets of 86-year-old Annie Parker and said he needs help.

Conventional wisdom says psychiatric drugs save lives, but for some San Franciscans the pills are a prescription for ...
SF Weekly
Brooklynne Michelle has some regrets about having watched The Matrix. She says it's one of the worst movie-viewing choices a bipolar person like herself could ever make. While riding BART one night, Michelle suddenly noticed that all the ads in the car were exactly the same ? two unbroken,...

Organon's Asenapine Effective In A Phase III Study For The Treatment Of Bipolar I Disorder; Results Unveiled At 2007 ...
Medical News Today
Asenapine -- an investigational drug being developed by Organon, the human healthcare business unit of Akzo Nobel, for bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia -- was demonstrated to be more effective than placebo in treating acute manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder

Akzo Nobel's Organon says Asenapine effective in Phase III study for Bipolar I
Sharewatch
AMSTERDAM (Thomson Financial) - Akzo Nobel NV's pharmaceuticals unit Organon said a phase III study has shown its Asenapine drug is a safe and effective treatment for bipolar I disorder.

Akzo drug effective on manic episodes in trial
CNN Money
Asenapine, developed by Akzo Nobel's Organon unit, tested against bipolar disorder, schizophrenia.

Author of 'Bipolar Advantage' offers free talks
Inside Bay Area
Tom Wootton, author of "The Bipolar Advantage," offers a free talk at the following East Bay locations: -Oakland Public Library, Dimond Branch, 3365 Fruitvale Ave.

Program helps Boca students learn ABCs of mental disorders
Sun-Sentinel
Boca Raton ? The sixth-graders in the class are jumping and waving their arms to answer the teacher's questions.

Tips for Dealing with Someone Who is Bipolar or Menopausal
DentalPlans.com
Educate If you find out that a family member is bipolar then the best thing you can do is research it. Learn that people that are manic depressive cannot ...

Many With High Blood Pressure Shun Heart-Healthy Diet
HealthCentral.com
Copyright ? 2007 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- A strange thing happened after government recommendations on a healthy diet designed to control high blood pressure were issued in 1999: The percentage of Americans with high blood pressure following those recommendations went down , according to a new study.

Mental Health is in Dark Ages Illegal Immigrants : the Ongoing Debate
RedNova
By MARGARET EDDS RICHMOND - Here's one image of mental health care in Virginia institutions, circa late 20th century.

Juror finds whole truth was elusive at rape trial
The Buffalo News
LOCKPORT ? The jury in the gang rape trial of three teenagers concluded it didn't hear the whole truth from practically anybody who testified, according to a juror who spoke to The Buffalo News

Psychiatrist's research feeds bottom line, nourishes homeless
Bradenton Herald
After a lengthy evaluation, Cutler diagnosed Rober with bipolar disorder. She had been previously misdiagnosed with depression and borderline personality ...

Ask the Expert: Treatment Strategy for Co-occurring Bipolar ...
Focus
In treating individuals with bipolar disorder, this question is extremely important to consider. Nearly 50% of individuals with bipolar disorder have ...

New Medication Strategies for Comorbid Substance Use and Bipolar ...
Focus (subscription)
Comorbidity of substance abuse disorders (SUD) with bipolar disorders (BPD) is a serious treatment problem. Childhood BPD can be further complicated by ...

Man sets himself on fire
WHOI - Peoria,IL,USA
Natalie Mason of Illinois Institute for Addition Recovery at Proctor Hospital says people with Bipolar can be prone to suicide. ...

AstraZeneca says U.S. approves once-daily Seroquel
Reuters via Yahoo! News
Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc said on Friday U.S. regulators had approved Seroquel XR, a once-daily version of its blockbuster schizophrenia drug.

Utah Sues Zyprexa Maker Eli Lilly
AP via Yahoo! Finance
Utah filed a lawsuit Thursday against the pharmaceutical company that makes the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, alleging the state was misled about risks to patients who received the drug through Medicaid.

Mental illness, racial identity and the Virginia Tech shooting
Seattle Times
The Virginia Tech shooting hit near and dear to the heart of all Americans. The aftermath of this tragedy has left many people searching...

Sex offenders have higher rate of mental illness
Reuters via Yahoo! News
Men convicted of rape or other sexual offenses have a much higher-than-average rate of serious mental illness and history of psychiatric hospitalization, a new study suggests.

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TAKE ACTION!

I received an email from a person the other day. She asked me why so many great successful people, leaders, business people, etc. have Bipolar Disorder. I have long had a theory (but I don't have any kind of study to point to which would prove my theory). Here's what I think, though:

In order for you to start something, whatever it is: open a daycare center, write a book, build a website, go to college, discover the cure for cancer, create world peace – you have to do something really important. Know what it is?

You have to TAKE ACTION!

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A Basic Coping Strategy for Survivors of Bipolar Disorder

There are many ways that I’ve tried to cope with having bipolar disorder, as I’m sure you have as well.

One of the most basic ways I’ve discovered as a basic coping strategy to deal with bipolar disorder is the Serenity Prayer:

God, grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference.

It doesn’t matter whether you are “religious” or not, the prayer still works.

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