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March 7, 2008

Breast Cancer Drug Tamoxifen May Decrease Mania Of Bipolar Disorder
Medical News Today
The drug tamoxifen is usually used to treat breast cancer, butresearchers say that it also may reduce symptoms of mania in peoplewith bipolar disorder. An article summarizing the small, three-weektrial of tamoxifen is published in Archives of GeneralPsychiatry.As a treatment for breast cancer, tamoxifen impacts the way in whichthe hormone estrogen works in the body.

Bipolar disorder, from the inside out
Centre Daily Times
Terri Cheney was very, very afraid.

Bipolar Children: Cutting-Edge Controversy, Insights, and Research
Journal of American Medical Association
Meanwhile, US children appear to be getting less mentally healthy, not more, with diagnoses of "mood disorders" and "pediatric bipolar" (PBD) topping the

Breast Cancer Drug May Help Bipolar Disorder, Scientists Find
Bloomberg - USA
By Elizabeth Lopatto March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Tamoxifen, the generic breast cancer drug, may help control mania in people with bipolar disorder, ...

Treatment of Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder: Are Antidepressants ...
Am J Psychiatry

Bipolar Disorder Therapeutics Reviewed by NeuroInvestment
Market Wire
The issue features a review of Bipolar Disorder, a disorder whose reputation for artistic creativity and expansiveness belies the havoc and destruction that ...

Cutting Edge: The Medicated Child
Sydney Morning Herald
If you have an out-of-control kid, your offspring could be suffering from the latest craze in childhood psychiatric disorders: child bipolar.

Bipolar Disorder Can Pose Challenges for a Career
ABC News - USA
And for 5.7 million American adults who have bipolar disorder, their illness can have serious ramifications for their careers. ...

'Please help me'; Cindy Powell had struggled with mental illness since she was 14. On Monday, she jumped to her death ...
The Bulletin
Three days before jumping to her death from a balcony in St. Charles Bend's main lobby, Cindy Powell drove to the hospital's emergency room with multiple cuts on her arms from a kitchen knife. She was stitched up and sent home with ibuprofen, printed information about depression and bipolar disorder, and instructions to have the sutures removed in 10 days.

Man sues over death of bipolar son at Clark County Jail
The Times of Northwest Indiana
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. - The father of a mentally ill man who died slumped over the toilet of his holding cell with a toothbrush in his stomach said he intends to sue Clark County.

Bristol-Myers drug cleared to treat pediatric bipolar
The Star-Ledger
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s antipsychotic medicine Abilify was cleared by U.S. regulators to treat bipolar disorder in children as young as 10, according to a report in Bloomberg News . Bristol-Myers is based in New York but has a large New Jersey presence.

Hearing examines night officer killed bipolar man
Contra Costa Times
Drunk and bloodied from a bar fight, and no longer on medication for his bipolar disorder, James Brennan careened his silver van down an Oakley street looking for a fight.

Biomarkers for Mood May Alter Psychiatric Treatments
HealthDay via Yahoo! News
THURSDAY, Feb. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Biomarkers in the blood associated with mood disorders have been identified by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers, who said the finding may change the way bipolar illness is diagnosed and treated.

Bipolar disorder shatters family, ends in death
Belleville News-Democrat
The veins in Marshall Fink's neck bulged with fury as he pumped his fist, telling his parents they should stick a shotgun in their mouths and pull the trigger. His mother and stepfather begged Fink, 26, to take his medication and calm down.

Biomarkers for Mood May Alter Psychiatric Treatments
Health Scout
Study finds blood can used to diagnose severity of bipolar illness.

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