Bipolar News for October 24, 2008

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October 24, 2008

Pedophile John Reid jailed for 12 years
NEWS.com.au
The court was told Reid denied committing the offences and a doctor had diagnosed him as suffering bipolar affective disorder.

'Bipolar Boy' balances comedy, mental illness
The Emporia State University Bulletin
Paul "Bipolar Boy" Jones spoke last Tuesday night in the Kanza Room to a crowd of about 200 people. Jones' presentation combined his experience as a stand up comedian with his advice as a professional motivational speaker and author who has lived with a mental illness for most of his life.

Church Pastors Too Quick to Dismiss Mental Illness
Fox News
Diagnosed cases of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder dismissed as untrue by 32 percent of Christian pastors in Texas study.

ICAN clients share their success stories
The Canton Repository
CANTON Kendra Smith said her bipolar disorder robbed her of the energy she needed to do her job as a restaurant cashier. The 24-year-old woman said she was fired. No longer able to keep up with the rent on her Navarre trailer, she began staying at the Canton YWCA and with friends.

Health glance 10-20-2008
Yuma Sun
The Yuma Chapter of Depression Bipolar Support Alliance will hold a support meeting Tuesday for parents with children or teens who are depressed or bipolar. ...

Don't rush to make History compulsory
Malaysia Star
Meanwhile, secretary-general, Lok Yim Pheng, called on the ministry to cut red-tape for teachers suffering from bipolar disorder, who are seeking relief ...

Johns overwhelmed by funding as charity walk begins
ABC Online
Mr Rudd yesterday pledged $2 million to the Black Dog Institute for research into bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses. Johns says he is overwhelmed ...

Madness and creativity
Glens Falls Post-Star
The psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison is often quoted on the subject, being the author of "An Unquiet Mind," a memoir of her life with bipolar disorder.

Man testifies 'voice' told him to slay ex-wife with bat in Dallas ...
Dallas Morning News
Mr. Stephens testified that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1997 when he checked into a drug rehabilitation center to break his methamphetamine ...

Eli Lilly to take $1.4 billion charge as it talks to settle probe
Market Watch
Eli Lilly and Co. said Tuesday morning that it is in advanced discussions to resolve ongoing federal probes into its marketing of Zyprexa, a popular drug designed to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Bipolar I Disorder Can Begin in Childhood, Extend Into Adulthood
Medscape (subscription)
Identify disease characteristics of bipolar I disorder in children. Describe the course of bipolar I disorder in children. Disclosure: Caroline Cassels has ...

PA Quoted in Glamour as Mental Health Expert
ADVANCE for Physician Assistants
Finally admitting herself to a psychiatric ward, she was diagnosed with bipolar, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Could someone honestly believe ...

Kevin Rudd to join Andrew John on bipolar walk
NEWS.com.au
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd will join rugby league great Andrew Johns on Sunday as he kicks off a six-day walk to raise funds to help tackle bipolar disorder. ...

Alexza Completes Enrollment in Second Phase 3 Clinical Trial With AZ-004
(Staccato(R) Loxapine) for Acute Agitation
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced it has completed enrollment of its second Phase 3 clinical trial of AZ-004 , treating acute agitation in patients with bipolar disorder.

2008 Prizes For Outstanding Achievement In Research On Mental Health Disorders Announced By NARSAD
Medical News Today
NARSAD, the world's leading charity dedicated to mental health research, awards its annual prizes -- among the most coveted in psychiatry and neuroscience - to six prominent scientists whose research in the areas of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression, childhood disorders and cognitive neuroscience have led to significant strides in the understanding and treatment of mental illness.

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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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Book Review: Mind on the Run

The actual name of the book is: Mind on the Run: A Bipolar Chronicle, and chronicle it is, for it chronicles the tragedy that one family endured as one of its members, Scotty, went through five major, prolonged bipolar manic episodes, ending in a suicide that never should have happened.

The book is written by Dottie Pacharis, Scotty's mother, and is told over the course of thirteen years, during which time Scotty was committed 14 times to 11 different hospitals for his manic episodes - escaping from two of them - all along the east coast of the country.

Reading this book, you continually ask yourself, "How could this have happened?" Even as you read the events as they transpired, appalled as, time and time again, Scotty was able to manipulate judges during hearings as he claimed he "is not bipolar, has never been bipolar," and the judges believed him, releasing him without committing him even though he was obviously very ill.

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October 24, 2008

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Book Review: Mind on the Run

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