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September 14, 2007

Manic Phase Of Bipolar Disorder Benefits From Breast Cancer Medication
Science Daily
The manic phase of bipolar disorder favors destructive behaviors. Stemming it quickly is important. Tamoxifen's effects were dramatic -- 63 percent of patients responded vs. 13 percent on placebo -- and it kicked in faster than many current medications. Tamoxifen skips some of current drugs' biochemical steps and acts directly on the enzyme protein-kinase C, giving scientists a more direct target ...

Manic phase of bipolar disorder benefits from breast cancer medication
EurekAlert!
The medication tamoxifen, best known as a treatment for breast cancer, dramatically reduces symptoms of the manic phase of bipolar disorder more quickly than many standard medications for the mental illness, a new study shows.

Researchers Test Seasickness patches, other current drugs for bipolar disorder
The Morning News
NEW YORK -- Scientists are testing seasickness patches and other surprising options in a challenging search for new ways to treat the crushing depression and uncontrolled mania of bipolar disorder.

Cancer drug hints at treatment for bipolar disorder
New Scientist
The breast cancer drug tamoxifen seems to reduce the manic symptoms of bipolar disorder, offering hope for a new way to treat this mental illness

Breast cancer pill helped bipolar mania: study
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The breast cancer pill tamoxifen helped treat the "manic" symptoms of bipolar disease, US government researchers said on Wednesday. ...

Meet City Council candidate Seth Brigham
YourHub.com - Denver,CO,USA
What I do: Receive SSI for Bipolar/Manic depression, volunteer, artist and activist. What I like most about living here: The Open space, being so cose to ...

Huge Increase in Bipolar Diagnoses in Youth, Study Reports
FDA news (subscription) - Falls Church,VA,USA
The diagnosis of bipolar disorder in youth increased approximately fortyfold between 1994 and 2003, and the majority of patients received treatment with a ...

Mind Over Manual
New York Times - United States
High on the agenda will be the controversial diagnosis of childhood bipolar disorder. Recent data show that office visits by children and adolescents ...

Woman who stabbed infant son to death pleads guilty
KOMO - Seattle,WA,USA
Meining suffers from bipolar disorder, but told the judge she does not want to pursue a mental health defense. According to police, Meining told them she ...

Help for parents with bipolar disorder
News-Medical-Net
Parents with bipolar disorder are taking part in a study that will give them the chance to follow a highly successful parenting skills programme.

Va. Studies Directives Giving the Mentally Ill A Say in Their Care
Washington Post
Yvonne Smith has had a pair of mental illnesses diagnosed over the years, but it wasn't until a severe psychotic episode landed her in a psychiatric ward that she came to a sober realization: Although her family and friends had long been supportive of her struggles with bipolar disorder, they...

International Bipolar Disorder Survey
About - News & Issues
John, who is the author of Living Well With Bipolar Disorder, writes: If you have bipolar disorder, I would like to ask you to take part in the online ...

Bipolar disorder sufferer attacks health service
The Visitor
A GRANDMOTHER who has suffered from bipolar disorder for 13 years says mental health services for women locally are a 'shambles'. ...

Support group helps students with depression, bipolar
Northern Star Online - DeKalb,IL,USA
... Hope," organized a year ago by six students in the business college, is a support group organized to help students with depression and bipolar disorder. ...

Our View: Jump in bipolar diagnoses probably is good news, not bad.
FayObserver.com
In the case of that big rise in diagnoses of bipolar disorder among American children, the statistics aren't lying but hardly anyone is making any sense in ...

Odd anti-bipolar drugs tried
Tulsa World
Dr. Maura Furey, a National Institute of Mental Health researcher, holds the scopolamine patch she and others have been testing at the institute in Bethesda, Md. The patch is applied behind the ear to treat depression in bipolar disorder as well as ordinary depression.

Parenting help for bipolar mums and dads
EurekAlert!
Parents with bipolar disorder are taking part in a study that will give them the chance to follow a highly successful parenting skills programme.

Depression Test: Is it Depression or Something Else?
HealthCentral.com
Are you experiencing symptoms of depression, bipolar disorder, or another condition? Take this test to help you determine what your symptoms mean.

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