Bipolar Experts' EastEnders Help
BBC News  
Also known as bipolar, manic depression causes serious problems in 1% of the population with patients experiencing severe mood swings. ...

AstraZeneca Refers Seroquel XR Application To EMEA
Wall Street Journal  
Seroquel and Seroquel XR are approved in Europe for the treatment of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The referral to the Committee for Medicinal ...

Bipolar Disorder Costly to Treat
Albert Lea Tribune  
SAN FRANCISCO - Mayo Clinic researchers have found that bipolar disorder is more costly than other chronic conditions such as diabetes, depression, asthma or coronary artery disease. These findings are based on a review of health care claim costs.

Overview of Bipolar Disorder Medications
About - News & Issues  
Our new Bipolar Disorder Medications Overview will help you through the jumble of unpronounceable names, know why your doctor is prescribing each medication ...

'I Haven't Taken my Meds over Slurring Fears' Admits Bipolar Kerry ...
Daily Mail  
The reality TV star admitted she had skipped taking her bi-polar medication last night in preparation for GMTV today because she was afraid of a repeat of ...

Tacoma Man Sentenced to 31 Years for Killing Wife
Seattle Post Intelligencer  
... to arson and improperly disposing of human remains. His lawyer said Poe suffers from bipolar disorder which compromised his ability to control himself.

More than Just Ups and Downs
The Daily News Online  

He's been struggling with bipolar disorder since high school. RELATED STORY: Treatment of bipolar includes many coping measures. ...

'How my Life Became a Living Hell'
The Times  
It was also this lowest point of Rosanna Ramnandan's life that led her to discover that she suffered from bipolar disorder, a mental illness characterised ...

Former Cherry Hospital Employees Found Guilty
News14.com  
RALEIGH – Two former employees from Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro were found guilty of punching and kicking a patient with bipolar disorder after an appeal ...

'Wild Man' Leaves Psychiatric Center
United Press International  
... Manhattan in the 1990s when he was addicted to crack cocaine, said police, who described the 5-foot-10, 265-pound man as bipolar and "extremely violent. ...

Treatment of Bipolar Includes Many Coping Measures
The Daily News Online  
By Joanne Beck jbeck@batavianews.com Bipolar disorder is hardly an uncommon illness in America. It affects roughly 1 to 1.5 percent of the population. ...

Speaker will Focus on Bipolar Disorder in Kids
Sentinel & Enterprise  
LEOMINSTER -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness of North Central Massachusetts will host a speaker on bipolar disorder in children and adolescents on Wed.

Musician Phil Spector Found Guilty, Sentenced
About - News & Issues  
Musician and music producer Phil Spector, who has battled bipolar disorder all his life, was found guilty in April of second-degree murder in the shooting ...

Summer Evening on the Beach at Skagen: The Artist and His Wife
Archives of General Psychiatry
His mother, an aunt on his mother's side, and his daughter, Vibeke, all had symptoms consistent with bipolar disorder. 1 Treatment was rest and quiet along ...

Racing Thoughts can be Sign of Mood, Anxiety Disorder
Chicago Tribune
Some people who have bipolar disorder -- characterized by mood instability that can range from extreme emotional highs (mania) to severe depression ...

Area Man Affected by Bipolar and Depression
Zanesville Times Recorder  
By KATHY THOMPSON  Staff Writer June 2, 2009 But John was affected with bipolar and depression when he turned 26 and life took a devastating downward ...

'For Years After my Ex-husband's Suicide I Was Tormented by Guilt...'
Telegraph.co.uk  
I was so interested to read your column last month about Vanessa, whose husband suffers from bipolar disorder and threatens to kill himself if ...

Trials of Torment
Denver Post  
But sometimes they become very public, as happened last month when a 46-year-old bipolar man was accused of killing a 7-Eleven clerk in Denver. ...

Schering-Plough Announces European Filing of Sycrest (asenapine) for Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder
News-Medical-Net   

has announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has validated (accepted for review) the company's Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for Sycrest (asenapine) sublingual tablets for the treatment of schizophrenia and manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder. The application will follow the Centralized Procedure.

Man Tries to Raise the Dead
The Grass Valley Union  
At 9:49 p.m. Sunday, a woman from Freeman Lane reported a bipolar man who was off his meds was preaching the gospel. He was very manic and hallucinating. He called her and told her was going to the emergency room to attempt to resuscitate someone.

Skin Cells Provide New Knowledge about Brain Functions
News-Medical-Net  
Until now diseases like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have been difficult to study biologically, since this would entail taking samples from the patient's brain.

Volunteers are Good Listeners for Mentally Ill
Greensboro News & Record  
GREENSBORO - Sheri and Alexandra spend a couple of hours each week on the phone, chatting about work, friends, life. Sometimes, Alexandra calls to vent. Sheri is always there to listen. And, more important to Alexandra, her friend does not judge her. Alexandra, 37, is bipolar with bouts of depression and anxiety. The Mental Health Association in Greensboro paired her a year ago with volunteer ...

Mom Pleaded with Police to Take in Son on a Mental Hold
San Bernardino Sun  
SAN BERNARDINO - Monica Ballard said she pleaded with police late Sunday to have her son Davon Johnson, taken in for a mental evaluation. Johnson, 20, was upset over his girlfriend threatening to leave him and had a history of bipolar disorder but then she couldn't find the young man.

Rally Puts Focus on Mental Health
Colusa County Sun-Herald  
More than 800 people in Colusa County suffer with mental illness. They are not alone. Barbra Streisand, Donny Osmond, Patty Duke, Jim Carry, Axl Rose, Linda Hamilton, Carrie Fisher, Adam Ant, Dick Cavett and Richard Dreyfuss live with depression, bipolar ...

Pawlenty cuts Healthcare for the Poor
City Pages  
For Brenda Henderson, trouble came in a whirlwind. She and her son were forced to vacate their apartment within 48 hours. Two days later, she was laid off. A recent transplant from St. Louis, she scarcely knew her way around and had no one's help. She'd been diagnosed as bipolar, and her ...

Lilly's Zyprexa/Prozac Combo Approved for Depression
Pharmaceutical Representative  
After repeated requests for additional study information, the wait has paid off: Lilly was approved to sell its bipolar drug Symbyax for treatment-resistant depression.

Suspect: Lucifer, God told me to kill family
KTAR 92.3 Phoenix  
Police released more disturbing new details about a murder in Glendale. The man accused of stabbing his wife and daughter to death claims he's schizophrenic and bipolar.

4 NY Terror Plot Suspects Plead Not Guilty
The Associated Press
The men are ex-convicts, and relatives have said they were struggling. Payen's lawyer says his client is schizophrenic and bipolar.