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April 10, 2009

 

When to Avoid Antidepressants in Bipolar Patients
Psychiatric Times
 

This finding from the multinational sites of the former Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network emerged in a post hoc analysis of 176 patients who participated in a 10-week controlled trial of adjunctive antidepressant medication for bipolar I or II depression.

 

Psychology Today Has Questions About Our Drugged-Up Kids
Seattlest
 
It seems like we're always bemoaning the lack of critical, patient-advocating mental health coverage locally, so we wanted to point out that Psychology Today has interviewed Seattle's Furious Seasons , and the result is a really illuminating summary of almost everything that investigative reporter Philip Dawdy has been up to the past few years, from critiques of the rates of bipolar and ADHD ...

 

Family Searches For Missing Hospital Patient
WBZ  
Westwood police said Tyler Kelly has bipolar disorder and may be agitated. He ran away from the hospital around noon and may be traveling with another teen ...

 

FDA Panel Snubs Seroquel as 1st Choice Depression Treatment
Forbes  
Federal health officials have already approved the use of Seroquel (quetiapine) and drugs like it to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. ...

 

RIC OLDRIDGE: Terrible toll of mental illness
Geelong Advertiser  
AS a sufferer of bipolar, I am perplexed as to the way we are trying to tag suicide with the internet. I, too, have tried to self-harm or suicide _ a word ...

 

'Spring Awakening' Could Be a Psychological Trigger for Violence
MedPage Today  
However, he said, it was highly unlikely that all of the April killers had bipolar disorder. Dr. Johnston agreed, noting that it's more likely they had ...

 

Daughter charged with attacking frail mother, 79
NEWS.com.au  
Police allege the 48-year-old daughter, who suffers from bipolar disorder, grabbed her mother before forcing her against the wall and floor and shoving her ...

 

Hospitals settle psychiatric patient dumping case
San Jose Mercury News  
In one case, the city attorney's office says Steven Davis, a 32-year-old bipolar schizophrenic, was driven 40 miles to the Union Rescue Mission last year. ...

 

Mental health team axed
Vancouver Courier  
In the last 18 months, Rebecca, who lives with bipolar disorder, has had five different therapists and psychiatrists. Now the West Side Mental Health Team, ...

 

This love story's first chapter is set on skid row
Los Angeles Times  
... rescued from lockup by a mental health agency when a jailhouse evaluation determined that she had a previously undiagnosed condition -- bipolar disorder.

 

Neuroimaging Study Reveals Heightened Emotional Reactivity in ...
EmpowHer  
As Dr. Pavuluri explained, “problems of emotional processing are core aspects of pediatric bipolar disorder.” For the study, she and her team recruited 20 ...

 

Next Up: Nonprofits and Pharmaceutical Funding
PsychCentral.com  
NAMI has long pushed that severe mental illness — like depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorders — are pure neurobiological medical diseases (or as ...

 

Man admits to DWI, eluding police
phillyBurbs.com  
Frederick's attorney, John S. Furlong, said the incident occurred because his client hadn't taken his medication for a bipolar disorder and had been ...

 

Most Psychiatrists Who Wrote Clinical Guidelines Had Financial Ties To Drug Companies, Study Shows
Medical News Today
 
Most of the psychiatrists on the American Psychiatric Association panels who wrote the newest clinical guidelines for how to treat depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia had financial ties to drug companies, according to a study by Boston researchers scheduled to be published this month in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, the Boston Globe reports.

 

Cyclothymia and bipolar are similar
Denver Post
 
Q:What's the difference between bipolar disorder and cyclothymia?

 

Mother: Man held in slaying is bipolar
El Paso Times
 

The mother of a 26-year-old man accused in the death of an Austin actor he had never met says her son has bipolar disorder with psychotic symptoms and wanted to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital earlier this week.

 

Leaving Normal: Alice Ripley
New York Magazine
 
Is Broadway ready for a rock musical about bipolar disorder?

 

Cephalon to ask for additional Nuvigil approval
MSN Money  
... study focusing on excessive sleepiness associated with jet lag. The company is also studying Nuvigil as a potential treatment for bipolar disorder.

 

Mental illness seminar scheduled for April 21
Texarkana Gazette  
The presentation will focus on achieving wellness and recovery for people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorders. ...

 

Bristol-Myers, Japanese drugmaker expand deal
The Associated Press
The drug is approved for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. It has annual sales of about $3 billion. The companies will also share revenue and ...

 

Woman missing 16 days
KRQE  
McCullough had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had been off her medication for some time, according to police. It is likely she was disoriented ...

 

Fashion show to increase awareness and support of bipolar disorder ...
U-M Health System News  
A runway show featuring fashions chosen by Saks Fifth Avenue stylists will help shine a spotlight on bipolar disorder, one of the most prevalent yet least ...

 

Traumatic childhood leads to life of discovery
Anchorage Daily News
She didn't know yet she was bipolar. No one did. There were times Katzke wanted to throttle her. "Every time she'd relapse, after we'd tried so hard to help ...

 

Workshop set on youth mental health disorders
In-Forum  
... free workshop will provide information on childhood mental health disorders, including ADHD, anxiety, depression, ODD, bipolar and Asperger’s syndrome. ...

 

Bristol native's demeanor, background serve her well as presiding ...
Bristol Press
“I know everyone is bipolar these days but nonetheless there are people who are legitimately bipolar and he’s one of them. He couldn’t make it through grade ...

 

Suicide survivor shares message of new hope, life
Inside NoVA
Diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was a teenager, Hines survived a jump from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in 2000 when he was 19. ...

 

 

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Bipolar diagnosed in younger and younger patients
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