Bipolar News
August 22, 2008
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Mental-health resource centre saluted
The Province
Nine years ago, when her then-10-year-old son became suicidal and was
eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Anderson said she would spend
the greater ...
Unique Collaborative Alliance Prepares to Launch a Performance ...
RedOrbit
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Institute for Johns
Hopkins Nursing, the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), ...
'Voices' arsonist gets prison
Albany Times Union
Schenectady man faces up to 16- year term in torching of two buildings
SCHENECTADY -- A city man whose attorney said he struggled with voices
commanding him to set fires will spend up to 16 years in state prison for a
pair of arsons. Justin Swint, 19, acknowledged to Schenectady County Judge
Karen Drago during sentencing Tuesday morning that he is on medication for
being bipolar and ...
Months after teen's suicide, 'Yolanda's Law' advances
Boston Globe
Nicknamed "Yolanda's Law" after a Plymouth teenager who eloquently testified
before legislators about her struggles with bipolar disorder, a bill aimed
at improving mental health care for an estimated 100,000 Massachusetts
children now awaits Governor Deval Patrick's signature.
KIDS IN THE SYNDROME MIX OF ADHD, LD, ASPERGER'S, TOURETTE'S, BIPOLAR AND
MORE!
Kirkus Reviews
A heart-gladdening investigation into the world of adolescents caught in the
syndrome mix, and how to identify symptoms, understand the causes and embark
on treatments for each condition.
Student's death is devastating tragedy
The Coloradoan
We offer support groups for those who may be struggling with depression or
bipolar disorder or friends and family whose loved ones struggle with
depression ...
Lansing Depression Bipolar Support Alliance
The Times of Northwest Indiana
About the group: Newly formed nonprofit organization; first met July 17.
Affiliate of Depression Bipolar Support Alliance. Members hail from Illinois
and Indiana. Meets weekly. Web site: www.myspace.com/dbsalansing.
Finding healthy support in the online world
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
For the first six weeks, she lurked on the perimeter. Watching. And reading.
She learned that flaxseed oil might help with her mood swings. And that zinc
supplements could slow the rate of hair loss caused by some of the
medications used to treat bipolar disorders.
Syneron Medical's Bipolar Growth
Motley Fool
A quick look at Syneron Medical's (Nasdaq: ELOS) bipolar growth would make
you think so. Unfortunately, it's probably not so much that we don't want to
look ...
...
Love Sentenced To Life
KXNT
... on medication when in her words, "something went terribly wrong." Her
attorneys say Love suffers from bipolar disorder and post traumatic stress
syndrome.
Insane mental health
World Magazine
Torrey, a psychiatrist who specializes in helping schizophrenic and bipolar
patients, founded the Treatment Advocacy Center (www.treatment ...
Bipolar man spared jail after drug confession
WalesOnline
A BIPOLAR man was spared jail after he confessed to police he was growing
cannabis. William Thomas Evans, 33, of Sheppard Street, Pontypridd, ...
Mental health bed found for mother of toddler who died of drug ...
Baltimore Sun
... mental health officials said they wouldn't have a place that could treat
her cocaine addiction and bipolar disorder for another six months to a year.
...
Casual Cathlamet clinic helps mental health patients re-enter society
Longview Daily News
"This has gotten me out of the house," said Stuart, who is bipolar and has
fibromyalgia. "It gives me an incentive to get out of bed and get going. ...
The Anthrax Perpetrator and the Arkansas Shooter Were Taking ...
Huffington Post
A week later he wrote that his psychiatrist and counselor thought his
problems "may not be those of depression or bipolar disorder, they may be
that of ...
Genes may be clue to bipolar disease
The Herald
Two genes that influence the activity of nerve cells in the brain may play a
key role in a person's risk for bipolar disorder, marked by dramatic swings
...
Study links genetic traits to bipolar disorder
Reuters
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two genes that influence the activity
of nerve cells in the brain may play a key role in a person's risk for
bipolar ...
The co-morbidities of ADHD
Manila Bulletin
... learning problems, anxiety disorders, unipolar and bipolar mood
disorders, conduct and antisocial personality disorders, and substance use
disorders. ...
Some Texas foster kids' doctors have ties to drug firms
Dallas Morning News
This summer, The New York Times reported that three prominent Harvard
University researchers responsible for discovering bipolar disorder in
children - and ...
Gene Hunt Hints at Cause of Bipolar Disorder
New York Times
A genetic finding could offer insights into how the body is affected by
bipolar disorder.
Bipolar Disorder And Gene Abnormalities: Sodium, Calcium Imbalances Linked
To Manic Depressive Episodes
Science Daily
A large genetic study of bipolar disorder has implicated machinery that
balances levels of sodium and calcium in neurons. The disorder was
associated with variation in two genes that make components of such ion
channels. Although it's not yet known if or how the suspect genetic
variation might affect the balance machinery, the results point to the
possibility that bipolar disorder might stem, at ...
Officer "Insensitive" as Dog Dies During Traffic Stop
ktla 5
When he answers, "I'm bipolar", the officer responds, "I can tell. You need
to calm down, sir." Officer Stephens then asks for the man's driver's
license ...
Understanding the 5 Types of Depression
Corsavoo.com
There is, however, a form of clinical depression called Bipolar, or Manic
Depression. It is often misdiagnosed because, of all the types of major
depression ...
Search for missing mom
New York Daily News
Audrey Grant, 50, suffers from schizophrenia and is bipolar, they said. Her
son, Daily News security guard Andrew Leelam, said his mother disappeared on
an ...
Many Canadians stigmatize mentally ill, poll finds
CTV.ca
As a person living with a mental illness on a daily basis, I assure you
having BiPolar is NOT a 'walk in the park!' The stigma associated with such
an ...
Gene link discovery offers fresh hope to bipolar sufferers
icWales
A SCIENTIFIC breakthrough has uncovered two genes linked to the distressing
mental illness bipolar disorder.
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