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September 5, 2008

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Artist faces her demons in gallery show
The North Bay Nugget
Michelle LaRiviere is a survivor, but she has not escaped unscarred. She has demons and faces them daily. But now the road to recovery looks bright. The petite, raven-haired woman, who was diagnosed with affective bipolar disorder last summer, poured her heart and fears out to strangers [...]

Atypical antipsychotics in bipolar disorder: the treatment of mania
Adv Psychiatric Treat
He has had a career-long interest in psychopharmacology and in bipolar disorder, and has authored two editions of Use of Drugs in Psychiatry published by ...

Husband receives up to 15 years for slaying wife
GoErie.com
The defense had argued Richard Valentine suffered from a bipolar disorder, and Brabender said Thursday that Valentine depended on Anna Valentine. ...

Depression With Other Illnesses
Corsavoo.com
Disorders such as bipolar and some other mental illnesses can cause a person to feel depressed. Physical problems steam cleaners as heart diseases, ..

What is Bipolar Depression?
Science Daily
Bipolar disorder is one of the most important psychiatric diseases, often associated with considerable treatment needs and tremendous social and occupational burden for both the individual and family (Pini et al., 2005). Previously also labeled manic-depressive illness, bipolar disorder is typically referred to as an episodic, yet lifelong and clinically severe mood (or affective) disorder.

Appleton police search for missing woman
Appleton Post Crescent
Her cognitive levels are between that of a 6- and 9-year-old, and she has bipolar depression, he said. Police described her as Asian with brown hair and ...

Emotion in Beethoven and his music - psychiatry in music
British Journal of Psychiatry
18 (La Malinconia) has sudden and alternating changes of tempo and rhythm that depict, in musical terms, the mood changes that occur in bipolar disorder. ...

The ECNP consensus statement on bipolar depression
EurekAlert (press release)
Bipolar disorder is one of the most important psychiatric diseases, often associated with considerable treatment needs and tremendous social and ...

In a sense, everyone is bipolar to some extent, doctor says
Hattiesburg American
I was having a "down day" and he said he thought I must be bipolar. He was just picking at me but I got to thinking about it and I do have up days and down ...

Anti-psychotic drugs for kids get state look
Arkansas Online (subscription)
Now 15, Ayla is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and takes 0.5 milligrams of the atypicalanti-psychotic Risperdal daily. Her grandmother said . ...

Bipolar Disorder Linked To Older Fathers
CBS News
(AP) Children born to older fathers face a greater chance of developing bipolar disorder, according to one of the largest studies linking mental illness ...

BiPolar Diorder, Gender Smoking Differences & Confusing Drugs
WTVH
A new study offers more evidence that older fathers are more likely to give birth to children who eventually are diagnosed with bipolar ...

Children of Older Fathers at Risk for Bipolar Disorder
HealthDay via Yahoo! News
TUESDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The older the father, the greater his child's risk for bipolar disorder.

New Study Finds That Add-On Therapy Improves Depressive Symptoms In Bipolar Disorder
Medical News Today
Lingering depression is a serious and common problem in bipolar disorder, and does not resolve well with existing treatments.

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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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