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November 28, 2008

Mother, Daughter Hail Promise of Bipolar Help
The Argus Leader
A Sioux Falls woman with bipolar disorder told of her walk through the darkness Tuesday. "I didn't understand why it was so hard to understand me," said Marley Prunty-Lara, 23. Her mother tried to help but she didn't understand either...

NAMI Support Group to Meet
The Savage Pacer
Start: 12/06/2008 - 9:00am End: 12/06/2008 - 3:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-6 The organization will also host a free workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 at NAMI Minnesota, 800 Transfer Rd. Suite 31, St. Paul. NAMI in Scott County is a support and outreach group for those affected directly or indirectly by mental illness (bipolar, schizophrenia, depression, etc.) The group ...

Cornelia Rau Held in German hospital: Report
ABC Online
The reports say Ms Rau, who suffers from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, had been held for the maximum seven weeks in a closed ward of the hospital...

A Mania for Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder
The Guatemala Times
PROVIDENCE, RI - During the past few years, many experts have suggested that bipolar disorder - a serious illness resulting in significant psychosocial…

When Mental Illness Tarnishes your Golden Years
Globe and Mail
It was 1969 and Mrs. Baldwin was in fact heading into her first major experience with bipolar disorder. That first event would result in her being hauled…

Bipolar Disorder Genes, Pathways Identified By Indiana University Neuroscientists
BioresearchOnline
Neuroscientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine have created the first comprehensive map of genes likely to be involved in bipolar disorder, according to research published online Nov. 21 in the American Journal of Medical Genetics...

Papers Reveal Push on Drug Firm Funds
Boston Globe
Newly disclosed court documents portray Dr. Joseph Biederman, a leading Harvard child psychiatrist, as courting drug company money by promising that his work at Massachusetts General Hospital would help promote the use of antipsychotic drugs for youngsters diagnosed with bipolar disorder...

More Studies Urged for Off-label Drugs
USA Today - USA
Seroquel, an antipsychotic approved for treating schizophrenia and short-term manic or depressive episodes in bipolar disorder, topped the list...

Evidence in Risperdal Case Puts J&J on the Spot
Wall Street Journal - USA
It had earlier FDA approval for adults, and is used to treat conditions including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Doctors may prescribe FDA-approved...

Know Someone with a Bipolar Bisorder, Depression, ADD, ADHD...
ireport
Did you know that bipolar/manic disorders, ADD, ADHD, Autism, Aspergers Syndrome and most cancers have the same cause? I ended a 43 yr old bipolar/manic…

Like Mother Like Son
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Not in the traditional sense, anyway, Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's...

Bipolar Teen Kills Himself as Online Audience Watches
Arkansas Online (subscription)
BY RASHA MADKOUR AP MIAMI — A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on...

Nebraska Sets Age Limit for Safe-haven Law
Boston Globe
Coover's husband left her alone with three children, including an older bipolar daughter and a 12-year-old boy who is doing well. But her 11-year-old son...

Committee Discusses Health System
News 14 Carolina
RALEIGH – Leaders of an oversight committee responsible for statewide mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse services met Thursday for their monthly review of hospitals and discussed the death of bipolar patient Steven Sabock, who died in Goldsboro’s Cherry Hospital in April…

Tough Choices for Tough Children
New York Times
This despite the fact that Risperdal, which is used in children mostly to treat bipolar disorder, isn’t approved for ADHD, and apparently doesn’t work for…

Ex-Graham Aide Sentenced to 18 months or Pilfering Campaign Coffers
Anderson Independent Mail

OCONEE COUNTY — Being bipolar will not keep a former aide to Sen. Lindsey Graham out of prison. Jennifer Adams told Judge Cordell Maddox on Thursday that ...

Recognize Underlying Disorders, Tackle Them, Too
Atlanta Journal Constitution
It’s just one of a few other “disorders” I deal with, like hypomania — a type of bipolar. My brain plays dominoes with these disorders…

Relevance of NAM in the ‘Unipolar World’
Merinews - New Delhi, India
Was the non-alignment movement relevant only in a bi-polar world? Is it not relevant now that the world has become unipolar? It is believed so...

NC Hospital Fires 3 Employees over Patient Abuse
WNCT
The patient had a bipolar disorder and died April 29 after choking on medication and hitting his head. Surveillance video shows employees ignoring Sabock as...

Current Psychiatric Crimes Against American Children in Nevada
By Justice Lover(Justice Lover)
Children in Nevada are being overdiagnosed with bipolar disorder, on the basis of a dangerous brain scan...

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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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