Bipolar News
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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