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June 1, 2007

Bipolar ex-cop in SLO shootout leaves mental hospital
San Francisco Chronicle -
A bipolar retired policeman who shot it out with sheriff's deputies was released from Atascadero State Hospital six months after he was found not guilty by ...

Milford man faces assault charges against two officers
Laconia Citizen -
During the arraignment, defense attorney Bob Moses said that Dadley has been diagnosed as bipolar, and the incident was the result of unresolved mental ...

Treatment Adherence With Lithium and Anticonvulsant Medications ...
Psychiatric Services
OBJECTIVE: Nonadherence limits the effectiveness of medications among patients with bipolar disorder. This study examined adherence with lithium and ...

Overview of Mixed Depression in Italy
Psychiatric Times
According to a large international study, BD-II mixed depression can easily be misdiagnosed as major depressive disorder. Proper assessment and treatment of mixed depression in BD-II could have a positive impact on outcomes in bipolar disorder.

Recall Of Counterfeit Zyprexa Batches, UK
Medical News Today
The MHRA has been alerted to three counterfeit batches of Zyprexa
(Olanzapine) 10 mg tablets. This drug is used in the treatment for patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and similar conditions. The MHRA has issued a drug alert to recall this product from the market, to minimise the risk to patients. To date, it is believed that two of the batches have reached patient level.

Parents suspect coverup in death of college student
Denver Post
The 22-year-old college student from Colorado was found dead along the shore of a Kansas lake, his body covered in muck, with hardened mud in his mouth, blocking his airway.

The high cost of easing troubled minds
Home News Tribune
Paula Gallant has worked her way through the highs and lows of bipolar disorder, even having suicidal thoughts. And she's often wondered why health insurance doesn't treat mental illnesses with the same urgency that it treats physical health.

Semantics may cost Alaska military personnel a counselor
Anchorage Daily News
At a time when mounting numbers of returning Iraq veterans need help coping with the lingering stresses of war, an Anchorage therapist has been told his Alaska license doesn't meet requirements set by the military's primary health care agency. If the ruling stands, the 10 to 12 soldiers, airmen and military family members Al Levy has been treating will have to pay for his services themselves.

Governor pitches Medicaid expansion during Marion visit
CentralOhio.com
MARION - Two years ago, Deborah Holton's husband had a heart attack. Three weeks later he had another. Last September she changed jobs because of his health issues and her daughter, who has depression and bipolar disorder, to be closer to her Marion home.

Houston police used Tasers on the mentally ill
Houston Chronicle
More than 120 encounters between Houston police and people with mental illness ended with officers using their Tasers to control them, according to a Chronicle review.

Treating the Body, Mind and Spirit
RedNova
When Dennis Davis walked into the Sierra Family Medical Clinic in rural Nevada County three years ago, he was broken in body and in spirit.

Mentally ill behind bars
The Gazette
Shayne Eggen has no regrets about the Greek tragedy that mental illness has made of her life, but the 43-year-old Decorah woman who gouged out both her eyes while incarcerated wants you and other Iowans to know the consequences of punishing people for their madness.

APA: Co-Morbid ADHD in Bipolar Adults May Respond To Non-Stimulants
MedPage Today
SAN DIEGO, May 24 -- When attention deficit hyperactivity disorder meets bipolar disorder in an adult, the diagnosis is hard and the course is poorly ...

Fixation on death turned into love of life
The Indiana Gazette
Although she fought bipolar disorder and suicidal thoughts for about half her life, Dana Plumley, of Indiana, says a lot of people should be like her.

A judge in Topeka puts a mentally ill Hutchinson man on probation for soliciting sex from a person the man thought was ...
WIBW-TV Topeka
Judge Matthew Dowd had given 34-year-old Federico Mendoza the prescribed sentence of 12 years in prison. But then he placed him on three years probation, agreeing with the defense that Mendoza suffers from bipolar disorder.

Kenmore clerk's killer gets 24 years, apologizes
Seattle Times
A man who killed a Kenmore convenience-store clerk with the gun of his lover, a former King County sheriff's deputy, was sentenced Friday...

Woman shares bipolar struggle
Lansing State Journal
Mary Lou Davis thought life was over as she knew it when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder more than a decade ago. Family and friends treated her as ...

Swing high, swing low: living with bipolar
Independent Online
One of the lowest points in Elizabeth Bannister's struggle with bipolar disorder was the humiliation she and her children suffered when she marched up and ...

Asenapine effective in bipolar I disorder: Organon
PharmaBiz
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, according to new phase III results, from a study presented at the American Psychiatric Association's 2007 Annual ...

Anakin Skywalker: Borderline Personality, Bipolar or Narcissist?
Wired News
Psychologists try to diagnose the demons that drive Darth Vader, the ultimate villain of the Star Wars universe.

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.

Stephen Fry Named BT Mind Champion Of The Year 2007, UK
Medical News Today
Mental health charity Mind yesterday announced Stephen Fry as BT Mind Champion of the Year at its annual awards ceremony in central London hosted by Melvyn Bragg. Last year, in his BBC documentary The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, Stephen talked candidly about his personal experience of bipolar disorder as well as interviewing others about how they live with the condition.

Uterine Fibroid Tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment
American Family Physician
The incidence of uterine fibroid tumors increases as women grow older, and they may occur in more than 30 percent of women 40 to 60 years of age. Risk factors include nulliparity, obesity, family history, black race, and hypertension. Many tumors are asymptomatic and may be diagnosed incidentally.

Man convicted of killing Greensboro woman and her baby
The Daily Comet
A sentencing hearing for a man defense attorneys argue is mentally ill was expected to continue Thursday, a day after he was found guilty of killing a woman and her baby.

Mentally ill could get more help
The News & Observer
The State House OKs a bill that would require insurance companies to make coverage of mental and physical illness similar.

Medical bills mount for mental health patients
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Karen and Jay Schiller owe more than $25,000 in medical bills, a number that grows each month as they struggle to pay for Karens care.

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