Bipolar News for June 8, 2007

Bipolar News

June 8, 2007

10-Year Retrospective Study Shows Progress in American Attitudes ...
Web Services Journal
In contrast, 63% felt the same way about someone with depression, 45% for someone with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, 48% for a person who attempted ...

Biggest-ever gene scan throws up new links to diseases
Channel News Asia
Another new insight is into bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, from which an estimated 100 million people around the world suffer. ...

Bipolar disorder treatment: What role do antidepressants play?
Mayo Clinic
The role of antidepressants in bipolar disorder treatment remains somewhat controversial.

Police Believe Kidnapped Boy, Bipolar Mom In Area
NBC 10.com
PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia police need your help finding a 7-year-old boy who's been missing since Tuesday. Police said that's when the child's mother

Division of Cardiac Surgery, S Raffaele University Hospital, Milan ...
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery -
Dr Patwardhan complains that two seminal papers describing his pioneering experience in surgical ablation with bipolar coagulation 1,2 were not given due ...

When your child is not 'perfect'
The Journal News / Lohud.com
(But) tell them your child is autistic or has a mental illness - any time there is a dialogue, the media . . . portray people with bipolar disorder as

Church's role in mental health
San Jose Mercury News
His son, a computer scientist, is schizophrenic and bipolar. He has tried to kill himself and once threatened to kill his dad, Rossman told the gasping ...

OCD & Bipolar Disorder
About - News & Issues
Yes, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in those with bipolar disorder is well documented. A number of clinical research studies have evaluated the

Bipolar illness blamed in case
Nashua Telegraph
MILFORD - The specter of bipolar disorder, a brain disorder that causes abrupt mood shifts, was raised in court Tuesday as an explanation for why a Milford ...

Bipolar ex-cop in SLO shootout leaves mental hospital
San Diego Union Tribune
SAN LUIS OBISPO - A bipolar retired policeman who shot it out with sheriff's deputies was released from Atascadero State Hospital six months after he was ...

Forum Highlights Needs for People With illnesses
The Ledger
LAKELAND - People with illnesses such as bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress need jobs they can handle and housing they can afford, about 30 people ...

Desperate Search Continues For Boy Abducted By Bipolar Mother
FOX News
... a Philadelphia boy who was abducted from his elementary school three days ago by his bipolar mother, are still in a desperate search to find him. ...

Perceived stigma and depression among caregivers of patients with ...
British Journal of Psychiatry
This study investigates the associations between perceived stigma, depressive symptoms and coping among caregivers of people with bipolar disorder. ...

Still No Sign Of Kidnapped Boy, Bipolar Mother
NBC 10.com
The 7-year-old Philadelphia boy who was kidnapped by his bipolar, schizophrenic mother has been missing for nearly 48 hours, and family members said they ...

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This Week's Bipolar News

Most important things we can give: love, time
BizJournals
Dr. Paul Keck Jr. is president and CEO of the $28 million, 64-bed Lindner Center of Hope in Mason and executive vice chairman and Lindner Professor of Psychiatry & Neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. A graduate of Dartmouth College and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Keck is an expert in bipolar disorder and has published more ...

Discrimination at Work
About - News Issues
... is really disturbing that an employer could be so crass. Have you told your employer about having bipolar disorder? What has your experience been with this?

Bipolar mom is too much for hard-pressed couple
The Standard-Times
Dear Annie: Three months ago, my husband and I accompanied my 71-year-old mother to our home in California. She was released to my care because the authorities in Pennsylvania felt she could no longer manage on her own. She has a history of mental...

Man gets 30 years for murdering mother
Naperville Sun
Cliff Newcomer suffers from bipolar disorder, the release said. The mangled body of Marilyn Newcomer, 55, was discovered about 11:45 pm on Jan. ...

Many Famous People Suffer With Bipolar Disorder
Corsavoo.com
Writers have been some of the most famous people with bipolar disorder. Mark Twain was one such writer. He, like many other writers, was highly functional ...

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The word used to describe not taking your medications is called "noncompliance." When you are noncompliant with your medications, you could be causing great danger to yourself (and possibly others), and it could even be fatal.

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