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July 18, 2008

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After Bankruptcy Mortgage Refinance is a Very Real Possibility
By David Oliver
It is often thought that after bankruptcy, mortgage refinance is impossible for seven years or longer. This is totally untrue.

Living with bipolar disorder
News 10 Now
Those are the feelings of Roseann Flores, whose daughter Rachel suffers from bipolar disorder. Like any 20-year-old, Rachel wants to move out on her own. ...

The Bipolar Buddha
Globe and Mail
You just accidentally rapid-cycled,' " the Winnipeg comic says, using the medical term for the ups and downs of the bipolar disorder that has plagued most ...

Expert Q & A Evaluating Anxiety From an Early Age
New York Times
Compared with bipolar disorder or autism, for example, anxiety disorders are more strongly related to environmental influences. ...

State senator faces Superior Court arraignment
Boston Globe
By Globe Staff State Senator J. James Marzilli Jr. is slated to be arraigned this afternoon in Lowell Superior Court on charges that he groped four women ...

Marzilli pleads not guilty
Politicker
Marzilli's lawyer noted that the senator has been diagnosed with bipolar disease but did not comment on whether Marzilli will use that diagnosis in his ...

East of Eden
The Times
We British are bipolar in our attitude to immigrants. We have a manic anxiety that we've got too many people on this island . ...

Mental illness in the limelight at Bonkersfest
Times Online
Yet Spikol, 40, executive editor and columnist of Philadelphia Weekly, is talking about what it's like to live with bipolar disorder, a condition she has ...

Lawyer: Lawmaker in groping case bipolar
UPI
LOWELL, Mass., July 10 (UPI) -- A lawyer for a Massachusetts state legislator charged with groping women says that his client suffers from bipolar disorder.

Bipolar Colo. Software Firm Founder Missing in Hawaii
FOX 31 Denver
HONOLULU - Police and family members were searching Thursday for the founder of Colorado-based Webroot Software Inc., who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was last seen June 30 at a Waikiki hotel. Steven Thomas, 36, of Lanikai was diagnosed in April but has refused medication, his family said.

Lawyer: Mass. senator in legal trouble is bipolar
USA Today Wed, 09 Jul 2008 4:06 PM PDT
A Massachusetts state senator accused of sexually harassing four women in one day has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, an attorney said Wednesday.

Lawyer: Mass. senator in legal trouble is bipolar
San Francisco Chronicle
A Massachusetts state senator accused of sexually harassing four women in one day has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, an attorney said Wednesday. Sen. James Marzilli pleaded not guilty to attempting to commit indecent assault and battery, annoying and...

Lawyer says Sen. Marzelli bipolar
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
LOWELL - The lawyer for a state senator accused of accosting four women in one day said following a court hearing yesterday his client has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a mental condition that can cause severe mood swings.

Is Bipolar Disorder an Excuse for Wretched Behavior?
About - News & Issues
You know just once I would love to see a headline that reads "Brilliant Scientist Discovers a New Antibiotic and Has Bipolar Disorder" or "Local Hero with ...

Bipolar not unfamiliar to politics
Politicker
Jim Marzilli's lawyer says the embattled lawmaker has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a mix of normal mood, depression and mania (which can lead to as ...

Health & Family Calendar
Pioneer Press Online
National Alliance on Mental Illness, Cook County North Suburban, will host a free program with Bernard Golden, Ph.D., and Nancy Rosenfeld, bipolar survivor, ...

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Rare Deletions Or Duplications Of DNA Tied To Bipolar Disorder
Medical News Today
New research led by University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, finds that rare copy number variants (CNVs) where sections of DNA are either duplicated or missing, seem to play a key role in the risk for early onset bipolar disorder, which appears in childhood or early adulthood. The researchers write about their findings in a paper published online on 22 December in the ...

Where Does My Mental Illness End, And Where Do I Begin?
About - News & Issues
By Marcia Purse, About.com Guide December 22, 2011 From my friend Andy "Electroboy" Behrman comes a thoughtful and thought-provoking essay on the journey through life with bipolar disorder. Is there truly such a thing, he's been asked, as "recovery" ...

Mind over Mood
PsychCentral.com (blog)
She has a Mood Disorder NOS and has been married to her college sweetheart, who has Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder, for 10 years. They are happily married, have three kids, and live in the Midwest, USA.

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Difficulty Getting Good Information on Bipolar

The greatest difficulty with getting good information on bipolar disorder is not knowing where to get it. When your loved one is first diagnosed with bipolar disorder, their doctor or psychiatrist may give them a brochure or pamphlet that describes bipolar disorder in general. Usually that’s all they will get, unless he/she gives them samples of medication and, in that case, they might receive an additional brochure or pamphlet put out by the drug company that makes that particular medication. Generally speaking, however, that’s it. You are on your own after that, to try to understand this new and confusing diagnosis of bipolar disorder.

So where can you turn for good information on bipolar disorder? There are four places: 1) Brochures/Pamphlets; 2) Books/Reference Material; 3) Support Groups; and 4) the Internet. However, as you begin your search, you will very quickly become frustrated as you encounter the difficulties outlined below:

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