Bipolar News
May 9, 2008
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Public-Academic
Partnerships: The Continuous Improvement
for ...
Psychiatric
Services
This collaboration occurred within
the context of a naturalistic cohort study,
implemented from 2003 to 2006, which focused
on bipolar disorder: the
Downturn shows the worst in leaders
The
Australian - Sydney, Australia
Gartner claims
the condition closely resembles the initial
stages of full-blown manic depression, or
bipolar disorder in that there are periods
of great ...
Update:
Missing woman located in Montreal
News
1130
North Vancouver RCMP have located 59-year-old
Margaret Roussy in Montreal, after she was
reported missing this morning. RCMP say the
Quebec woman is physically unharmed but the
bipolar woman is off her ...
Twice
as many teens seek help for mental health
The
Globe and Mail
Stigma associated with seeking
help starting to disappear, as young people
watch stars struggle with bipolar disorder,
depression and substance abuse
Police
get training on dealing with mentally ill
Corvallis
Gazette-Times GAZETTE-TIMES REPORTER
Twelve
years ago, Corvallis Police officer Deb
Thelen invited her 16-year-old niece to
live with her after the teen was diagnosed with
bipolar disorder. Thelen is teaching local officers
and deputies about mental illness because officers
are having more dealings on the street
with people whose mental illness is going untreated.
'I
was so depressed I couldn't feed myself'
ic
Wales
A PIONEERING project set up by a farmer
after he was diagnosed with bipolar will
be rolled out across Wales. The Big Lottery
Fund has given MDF the Bipolar ...
Signs
of bipolar disorder
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Bipolar disorder is characterized
by drastic changes in energy, behavior and
mood. These periods of highs and lows often
are called "manic" and "depressive" episodes.
Talking
bipolar awareness
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
"It's one
of our most prevalent illnesses in the country,
(but) nobody wants to talk about it," Westwood
resident Paul Jones says of mental illness.
Jones is talking about it.
In
teen's memory, a mental health push
Boston
Globe
The teenager spoke so eloquently about
the wild cycles of bipolar disorder that
she drew tears from a State House audience
last May. Testifying about flaws she had
seen in the mental health system, she wanted
to show that one girl could make a difference.
She signed her notes, "Stay
strong."
Is
bipolar disorder overdiagnosed?
EurekAlert!
A new study by Rhode Island Hospital and
Brown University researchers reports that
fewer than half the patients previously
diagnosed with bipolar disorder received
a diagnosis of bipolar disorder based on a comprehensive,
psychiatric diagnostic interview--the Structured
Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID).
A
$400 test to evaluate your chances of bipolar
disorder?
Philadelphia
Inquirer By Faye Flam
Claiming they can help
evaluate a person's odds of having bipolar
disorder, a California-based firm has just
launched a new $400 genetic test. ...
She's
not ready to bare it all on trip to visit
nudist's family
SouthCoastToday.com
Dear Annie: Since there has been discussion
in your column about bipolar illness, I
would like to share what I have learned,
being bipolar all my life. ...
Mayor's
Wife Shines Light On Disease Of Depression
Gazette
Newspapers
Mayor Bob Foster's wife received
the Golden Ducky Award for going public with
her story of living with and overcoming bipolar
disorder. ...
Bipolar
disorder may be over-diagnosed
Los
Angeles Times
One of the most controversial
topics in psychiatry over the last few
years centers on the questions what is
bipolar disorder, and how many people have
it. ...
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