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March 13, 2009

 

Mental Health Seminar Reaches out to Families
Chicago Tribune  
By Carmen Greco Jr. | Special to the Tribune When Curtis Taylor's son was diagnosed with bipolar disorder four years ago, the Palos Heights man believed the ...

 

Credit Union Robber who died Struggled with Mental Illness, ex ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  
The unlikely chain of events, his former wife said Tuesday, is the tragic end of a 10-year battle with bipolar disorder that, when not treated ...

 

Library Corner
Nipawin Journal  
If you have a bipolar child, or suspect that there may be a problem, we have two books that may be of help. The first is a question and answer book by Dr. ...

 

Vancouver's Matthew Good Speaks from the Heart about his Bipolar ...
Vancouver Sun  
Good, who withdrew from the public eye after his band’s 2002 breakup and his own divorce, will talk about his struggle with bipolar disorder, the condition ...

 

Risk of Mental Disorders Higher in Children with Bipolar Parents
Modern Medicine
 

If a child or teenager has parents with bipolar disorder, there's a strong chance that young person will go on to develop early-onset bipolar disorder ...

 

Alexza Reports 2008 Year-End Financial Results and Updates ...
PR Newswire (press release)  
Alexza is developing AZ-004 for the acute treatment of agitation in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. AZ-004 is currently in Phase 3 clinical ...

 

Older Fathers have Low-IQ babies
PRESS TV  
... certain health problems such as an increased risk of birth deformities and neuropsychiatric conditions (schizophrenia, autism and bipolar disorder). ...

 

Psychologist to Speak in Roxbury
Daily Record

ROXBURY -- The Depression Bipolar Support Alliance of Succasunna will host Dr. Beth Haessig on the topic of 'Mind Body Psychotherapy: What it Is, What it Does, and How it Can Help.'

 

Support offered for Mental Illness
The Vacaville Reporter
 
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is offering a free 12-week educational program to help family members understand and support loved ones suffering from major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.Classes will be 6 to 8:30 p.

 

Researchers say Early Intervention may be Key for Bipolar Children
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 
A newly published study by University of Pittsburgh scientists is praised by bipolar disorder researchers who say the study results will help bipolar parents realize they should watch for and act on early signs their children have the mental illness.

 

Region Woman Pleads not Guilty to Stabbing Death
Times  
She also told police she is bipolar but not taking her medicine, police said. She is being held in the Lake County Jail without an opportunity to post bail.

 

Washington Prepares for First Execution since 2001
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
But he argues that Brown's mental illness - bipolar disorder - should bar execution. Since 1904 in Washington, 77 men have been put to death. ...

 

UH Research Team Developing New Non-invasive Brain-Mapping Technology
EurekAlert (press release)  
... for instance, to developing a new language-teaching methodology or to clinical settings, such as bipolar disorder in psychiatric patients," Kubota said. ...

 

Arsonists get One Year
The Daily Evergreen  
He had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and deserved a chance to continue his positive progress since being expelled. “In the last three years ...

 

Joe's Long Way Home
Columbus Dispatch
Dr. Steven Jewell, a child and adolescent psychiatrist from Akron, said that Joe could have had undiagnosed bipolar disorder as a child. ...

 

Residents Question Building Apartments on Charles Street
Cuyahoga Falls News Press  
He said he is being treated for depression and bipolar disorder. He said if it wasn't for OMCDC, he'd have been "on the street" and it would have been ...

 

Missing 2-Year-Old Found Safe; Amber Alert Canceled
10TV  
The boy's father, who police said is bipolar and has had a history of drug abuse, was taken into custody, according to police.

 

Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg
guardian.co.uk  
... a language he does not speak, straining for sense, grabbing at occasional phrases that might be a clue to Sally's mania (she is diagnosed as bipolar). ...

 

Learn about Psychotherapy
Sunday Times.lk  
Evidence of the effectiveness of certain psychoactive drugs, especially to treat serious depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, have led to a more ...

 

Iraqis don't Seek Help for Mental Disorders: Study
AFP
Disorders that were most often classified as severe were bipolar disorder and substance-abuse. However, resistance to the mental effects of violence was ...

 

Charleston Man gets Prison in Drowning Death of Infant Son
Charleston Gazette  
His examination confirmed that Taylor is bipolar and has attention deficit disorder, and has a history of failing to take his prescribed medication ...

 

Here's a Scary One...
About - News Issues  
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine reviewed 48 years' worth of studies focusing on "bipolar disorder and medical mortality. ...

 

Troubled Life Didn't Foretell Murder
KRQE  
The reports described Barbera on various occasions as “paranoid,” with “manic-depression” and “bipolar compulsive behavior. ...

 

Video: Bus Beating Caught on Tape
NBC13.com  

He is bipolar and has been hospitalized before. Still, she says he has never been violent like this before. She says after she learned what happened she ...

 

Kullman Educates Public About Bipolar Disorder
The Memphis Daily News
 
Marc Kullman hands out red, rectangular lapel pins that can have smiley faces or frowning faces. They are miniature versions of a painting he did to s....

 

POLICE REPORT East Sparta
Press News  
3-1-- A Malvern female, who suffers from a bipolar disorder, allegedly tried to commit suicide by repeatedly ramming her vehicle into a guardrail in Sandy ...

 

Psychiatrist in Riley case faces malpractice charge
Weymouth News  
Kifuji diagnosed Rebecca with bipolar and attention deficit disorder when she was two. Police have not charged Kifuji with criminal wrongdoing in connection ...

 

Attention Deficit on Stage
New York Times  
... increasing number of children at her own child’s school receiving diagnoses of attention deficit problems, bipolar and anxiety disorders and depression. ...

 

Ex-Student's Fate in Jury's Hands In Prolonged Murder Case
PCC Courier  
Earlier in the sanity phase Pigman's attorneys called a number of doctors, who testified that he suffered from Bipolar I Disorder with psychotic features. ...

 

Bipolar Support Group to Launch in Ayr
Ayrshire Post  
A SELF help group for people suffering from bipolar disorder will be launched in Ayr. The Ayr Bipolar Support Group will hold an information evening on ...

 

Mood Swings Delay Couple's Fraud Trial
Independent Online  

Saban, 50, who has bipolar disorder, is charged on 178 counts, including fraud, failure to submit income tax returns and theft totaling R550 000. ...

 

A Physician's Journey with Bipolar Disorder

Las Cruces Sun-News  
Four years in the works, "Closing the Chasm: Letters From a Bipolar Physician to His Son" is written in the form of letters to Matt Diven, the oldest of his ...

 

Bipolar People Likely to be Smokers
About - News Issues  
But does my smoking have to do with having bipolar disorder? A newly published study suggests that it might. Tobacco smoking behaviors in bipolar disorder ...

 

Laura Yeager: "Tips for the Bipolar Marriage"
EmpowHer
But marriage was a bigger leap of faith for me than most of my friends because I have bipolar disorder. My husband Steve turned out to be a great partner ...

 

Vitamin B may Lower Risk of an Eye Disease
International Herald Tribune
Bipolar disorders and illness People with bipolar disorder are at risk for an array of fatal illnesses, according to a review of 17 studies involving more ...

 

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