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StatsCan: 9 in 10 report they're satisfied with life; teen ...
The Canadian Press
The survey found that 6.8 per cent of respondents reported they'd been diagnosed with a mood disorder such as depression, bipolar disorder or mania, ...

Missing ferry passenger found OK near Seattle
Seattle Times -
Family members have said the 27-year-old may not have taken medication for a bipolar condition. She left her car on a ferry that arrived in Seattle Monday ...

Why isn't pharma in the App Store?
FiercePharma -
Is GlaxoSmithKline using apps to help patients with depression or bipolar disorder track their moods and keep therapy journals? No, no, and no are the short ...

Actress Mariette Hartley Counsels Families Torn by Suicide
Voice of America
And she says some family members have bipolar disease, a condition once known as manic depression. The family has faced the trauma of suicide, ...

Brave tale of bipolar disorder
Sowetan -
RAHLA Xenopoulos, author of the book A Memoir of Love and Madness: Living with Bipolar Disorder is living proof that one can have a healthy lifestyle with ...

Parents And Researchers To Receive Top Honors At International Conference On Bipolar Disorder
Medical News Today
At the 8th International Conference on Bipolar Disorder this week in Pittsburgh, four distinguished individuals will be honored for their contributions to bipolar disorder research, education and service.

My wife is bipolar. Should I leave and take the kids?
Salon.com
She attempted suicide and brandished a knife. How do I protect our children?

Mentally ill exploited by careless lenders
Times Online
Emma Mamo, of Mind, the mental health charity, says: “People with bipolar disorder may go on massive spending sprees during a manic phase and take on credit ...

Patrick Kennedy leaves treatment for a House vote
Providence Journal Kennedy, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict who also suffers from bipolar disorder, checked himself into the facility more than two weeks ago...

Man accused of murdering his parents will not stand trial, yet
KXO Radio
If Doctors at Patton determine his sanity has been restored, the case will resume. The family has said Gluck suffered from bipolar disorder.

STEPPS: A Viable Supplement to Treatment of Bipolar Personality Disorder
Psychiatric Times
Two randomized controlled trials have shown the Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) program to be effective in reducing the intensity of core.phpects of borderline personality disorder (BPD), Dr Donald Black and social worker Nancee Blum announced at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association held recently in San Francisco.

Newspaper says Medicaid target of federal probe
Kentucky.com
... appropriately when they cut her son's in-home services earlier this year. Thirty-one-year-old James Reed is autistic, bipolar and mentally handicapped.

The Thinkers: She peers into the brain for cause of bipolar disorder
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Mary Phillips peers into the brains of people with bipolar disorder, and what she has found there gives a whole new ...

Dreams interrupted
AsiaOne - Singapore
The 37-year-old said: 'I wanted to be an academic but I didn't go on to do that or get a PhD because of my bipolar disorder. My dreams were interrupted. ...

Crazy highs and lows
AsiaOne
The exact cause of bipolar disorder is unknown but doctors believe it is likely to be caused by a plethora of factors interacting with one another...

Enabler for woman that lies in bed all day may be Uncle Sam
Hattiesburg American
I'm willing to bet she has been told she suffers from Bipolar Disorder. My job is to screen applicants for the services of a federally-supported mental ...

Smooth move: Local health agencies aim to dramatically streamline ...
Houston Chronicle
... undergoes a lengthy intake process there to deal with her bipolar disorder, then has to find the Harris County Hospital District (HCHD) to get help for ...

Novelist Gibbons still battling her inner demons
MiamiHerald.com
She looked good; she had lost the weight that was, perhaps, linked to the drugs she took to treat bipolar disorder. ''I remember her being first, slender; ...

Local author releases 'Dear Prudence,' an inspiring book of hope
The Express-Times
It follows a young woman struggling with bipolar disorder.

Depression group meets tonight
The Daily Ardmoreite
For anyone struggling with depression or bipolar disorder, The Friends of Hope support group can help.

NAMI course invaluable for families of mentally ill
Cape Cod Times
Our granddaughter was diagnosed as bipolar recently, and we felt we needed to be educated about her disease as well as the possibility of her leading a full ...

A normal life with bipolar disorder
Stockton Record
By Andrew Pagan Not once have others seen me as strange or different - that is until I tell people that I'm bipolar and so is my mom. ...

Police Chase Suspect Is Bipolar, Father Says
NBC Dallas Fort Worth
The man left in critical condition after leading police on a 90-minute chase that ended in a collision has bipolar disorder, his father said.

Scottsdale/Northeast Valley news briefs
Arizona Republic
Prater, who suffers from a heart condition, depression and bipolar disorder, was last seen wearing a blue short-sleeve shirt, dark slacks, white tennis ...

Bipolar disorder in children and adolescents: a rocky road
Psychiatry Update -
Bipolar disorder in children and adolescents typically follows a tumultuous course with periods of apparent euthymia interrupted by numerous changes in mood ...

Memoir is haunting tribute to bipolar mother
Victoria Advocate - Victoria,TX,USA
Only in her last years did the doctors get it right: Elizabeth mcallester was bipolar. And only then did she regain her self and re-establish her ...

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder originate from some common ...
Science Centric
The researchers also found that many of these DNA variations also are involved in bipolar disorder but not in several non-psychiatric diseases. ...

Announcing the 2009 Bipolar Lives Scholarship Winner
PR Web (press release)
The inaugural Bipolar Lives Scholarship is going to NH, a social work student in Wisconsin, who wrote a gripping account of turning to ECT for treatment ...

Maywood
Chicago Tribune
Dilworth's defense attorney noted that Dilworth has a long history of hospitalizations and treatment for depression and was diagnosed as bipolar in 2006.