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October 3, 2008

U.S. Kids Take More Psychotropic Drugs Than Europeans
HealthDay via Yahoo! News
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- American children are three times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medications for conditions such as ADHD and bipolar disease than European children are, a new study finds.

Problem Gambling Likely in Bipolar I Disorder
About - News Issues
It's long been known that compulsive gambling is a problem for many people with bipolar disorder. But a study published in the September 2007 issue of the...

Health glance - 9-29-2008
Yuma Sun
The Yuma Chapter Depression Bipolar Support Alliance holds support meetings every Tuesday for parents with children or teens who are depressed or bipolar. ...

Joey coming to the Coast, boots and all
Central Coast Sun Weekly
RUGBY league great Andrew Johns is coming to the Central Coast as part of his six-day walk and sport-a-thon to raise public awareness of bipolar disorder. ...

Making mania understood
Ocala
This is a widespread error and it needs to stop because it stigmatizes the mentally ill and their families that must deal with bipolar disorder on a daily ...

Bipolar Watch Launched in Wake of Sarah Palin Bipolar Accusations
PRWeb via Yahoo! News
A new service known as Bipolar Watch has been launched in response to the recent labeling of Sarah Palin and other public figures as bipolar. Advocates for the bipolar community say we must correct the misconceptions created when mental health service consumers become collateral damage in culture wars or through media sensationalism.

Mother of bipolar son helps other parents
Daily Local News
,Karen Brenneman cried the whole way home from the hospital after dropping off her son there. The first time her son, Jeremy, now 16, was...

Business groups pleased with law broadening ADA
BizJournals
WASHINGTON - Congress passed legislation expanding the Americans with Disabilities Act so that people with treatable diseases like diabetes, epilepsy and bipolar disorder are covered.

Parents of Children With Disorders Find Guidance
The Lakeland Ledger
LAKELAND | An informational meeting evolved into an impromptu support group recently as some parents whose children have mental disorders, ranging from attention deficit to bipolar, met to learn what help the local National Alliance on Mental Illness can provide.

Common Gene Mutation Lowers Risk for Bipolar Disorder
U.S. News & World Report
"[Our] findings show that a natural, common mutation in the GRIK4 gene protects against bipolar disorder," said Ben Pickard, lead author of a study in this ...

Bipolar disorder: your questions
Times Online
Below is a compilation of Dr Thomas Stuttaford's Q&As on the subject of Bipolar disorder covering all.phpects of the illness beginning with basic ...

Depression and bipolar disorder support group reaches 20-year ...
KTKA.com
Even though the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance has been around for 20 years, many Topekans may not know that there's a local group that can help ...

Common Gene Mutation Lowers Risk for Bipolar Disorder
HealthDay via Yahoo! News
MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that a missing section of DNA in a certain gene may hold the key to whether a person does or does not develop bipolar disorder.

Sterling woman copes with ups and downs of debilitating disorder
Loudoun Times
Bipolar is characterized by two extreme cycles: feelings of mania and feelings of depression, which is why bipolar is also called manic depression. ...

Seeking accommodation for disabled employees a legal requirement
Ecolog.com (subscription)
Lane's former employer, ADGA Group Consultants Inc., had dismissed him on October 30, 2001, four days after Lane disclosed that he had Bipolar 1 Disorder, ...

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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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