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April 03, 2009

 

ALLEN PARK: Teen Travels to Lansing with Message on Bipolar Disorder
The News-Herald
 
ALLEN PARK - Lindsey Higgison, 19, recently spoke to officials in the state capital about her successes living with bipolar disorder through the aid of government programs.

 

Man sold Knife to Buy Booze
Reading Evening Post
 
An Earley man who tried to sell a kitchen knife because he did not have enough cash to buy booze suffers from bipolar disorder, a court heard.

 

Bipolar Disorder Supplements
WebMD
 
WebMD explains all about bipolar disorder supplements. Learn which supplements may help those with bipolar disorder and which supplements may not help at all.

 

Bipolar Disorder in Focus
Evansville Courier & Press
 
In 1997, Valerie Johnston began walking every day. "It wasn't just walking my 20 minutes or walking a mile or every day. It got to the point where I was walking eight miles a day, every day. I thought if I didn't do it, the world was going to end."

 

Add-on treatment may reduce treatment-associated weight gain caused by antipsychotic treatments
News-Medical-Net
 
Antipsychotic drugs, such as olanzapine (Zyprexa), risperidone (Risperdal) and quetiapine (Seroquel), are commonly used to treat psychotic disorders like schizophrenia, but also bipolar disorder and even behavioral problems related to dementia.

 

Law enforcement officials still looking for missing Albany woman
WFXL Fox 31
 
Her son, Donnie Robine says his mother is bipolar, manic-depressive and schizophrenic. Robine says he is very concerned for his mother’s safety because she ...

 

Police suspect body may be that of Lawrence woman who has been ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com  
Hambleton had bipolar disorder and did not have any medications with her when she went missing, investigators said last year. Police said Hambleton had not ...

 

The Bipolarity Hypothesis
Trinidad & Tobago Express
 
Opinion is sharply divided as to whether he was bipolar or just paranoid. Many medical doctors and persons who knew him deemed his behaviour abnormal. ...

 

Would there be a prescription for going fishing?
Moultrie Observer
  
These chemicals included medicines used to treat high cholesterol, allergies, high blood pressure, bipolar disorder and depression. ...

 

Omega-3 rasvahapot!
Tiede
 
Some studies in people with depression or bipolar disorder have used EPA alone, including one of the most recent with the strongest positive results; ...

 

SC Department of Mental Health budget cuts affect Anderson area
Anderson Independent Mail
 
The diagnoses for her 13-year-old grandchild include post-traumatic stress and bipolar disorders as well as ADHD. Her grandchildren have been using the ...

 

A little understanding goes a long way
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
In 1994, she was diagnosed with bipolar-manic disorder - a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy and ability to function. ...

 

Sargent In Court: Judge Refuses Lesser Charge
Central Illinois Proud
 
In arguing for the lesser charge Friday, a defense psychiatrist testified James Sargent suffers from bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder ...

 

Mental health moments: Welcome back
Uinta County Herald
 
Here is a list of some of the more commonly known mental illnesses: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Bipolar Disorder ...

 

Missing 18 year old found; in intensive care
Tucson Citizen
 
In addition to diabetes, which can send him into a coma without his insulin, Acosta suffers from Addison's disease, mild mental retardation and a bipolar ...

 

Friday's Question: How Do You Grow Your Faith As a Person With a ...
Beliefnet.com
 
Because all of us who live with severe depression, bipolar disorder, or any mood disorder know that our illness is chronic. Even on the good days, ...

 

Remains found in Van Buren County probably those of missing woman
WNDU-TV
 
Police say Hambleton suffered from bi-polar disorder and depression. But nothing explains why she simply disappeared that day in June and never came back. ...

 

Lack of mental health services leads to patients going untreated
The Desert Sun
 
He is diagnosed bipolar, and is homeless, with no transportation. The Cathedral City office refused to release his medications to him. ...

 

Bipolar disorder in focus
Evansville Courier & Press  
Who: Kempf Bipolar Wellness Center at St. Mary's Medical Center Wednesday's session is free. Thursday's session is open to the public but costs $15. ...

 

Child suicides: Recent suicides put spotlight on preventing tragedies
Chicago Tribune
 
He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2007. She dismissed the idea that outreach would "put ideas in their heads," but rather make treatment more ...

 

Mental health needs must be examined, expert says
UK The Kentucky Kernel
 
These problems include mental disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression. Substance abuse is also a problem because women are more likely than men to ...

 

Years of mental illness played role in inmate's death
The News Herald  
Hutchinson, who suffered from bipolar disorder and drug addiction, had tried repeatedly to kill herself, authorities and family members said. ...

 

Powerful proponent of psychiatric drugs for children primed for a fall
San Francisco Chronicle  
Diagnoses like ADHD and pediatric bipolar disorder, along with psychiatric drug use in American children, have soared in the last 15 years. ...

 

Ex-boyfriend receives 10 years for burglary
The Hour
 
Court records show that Speirs was being treated for Bipolar disorder since March. After his arrest, he admitted to drinking vodka and taking medication for ...

 

FDA Approvals: Symbyax and Edluar
Medscape  
As with the treatment of depressive episodes of bipolar disorder, patients treated for TRD should receive fluoxetine/olanzapine once daily in the evening, ...

 

Virgil Swing: Many people still uninformed about ‘mental illness’
Duluth News Tribune
 
The biggest single group with mental illness has what experts call mood disorders: depression, dysthymic and bipolar. Major depression affects about 15 ...

 

 

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Emerging bipolar treatments 'creating interest in the disorder'
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