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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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Bipolar Serenity Prayer

by Michele Soloway Sexton

I have a friend named Larry Drain, who has his own website and writes about bipolar disorder, as well as other mental illnesses. He once said that the Serenity Prayer was the best description he knew of successful recovery from bipolar disorder. I was so impressed by his version that I decided to print it here in its entirety:

God - Life is about more than me. There is a meaning and design to the world independent of what I think or feel. The first (and maybe biggest) trap of bipolar is to convince you that "it" is all about you and the measure of how things are is how you feel. "Life is not about what I can or cannot control, thank goodness, because so much of this is beyond my control." There is a "higher power." There is someone to turn to when I feel all alone and powerless and all feels loss.

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