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Psychiatric
medications remain a mystery
The Blue Banner
As trial medications flood campuses, students cope with substance
dependence issues before they are old enough to buy a drink. The
precise function of bipolar and depression medications is unclear.
An exact biological explanation for these disorders continues
to elude modern science.
Know
someone with a mental illness? Find a local resource
Provo Daily Herald
PROVO -- Imagine being a high school principal, an LDS bishop
or Relief Society president or the leader of a volunteer group.
One day someone -- a 12-year-old Girl Scout, a starter on the
football team or the volunteer who works full-time and has a family
-- sits down in an office, shuts the door and says he or she has
been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
With
team's permission, West leaves Cavs again
Fox Sports Delonte West has left the Cleveland Cavaliers for the
second time during training camp. This time West's absence is
excused. West was not at practice Wednesday after he missed Tuesday
night's exhibition game against Charlotte. He was expected to
play 15 to 20 minutes in the game, but never joined his teammates
on the bench. West, who has battled bipolar disorder and was recently
arrested on gun ...
Making
mental illness acceptable
Parry Sound North Star
Todd Ottaway often wonders what it would be like to only have
to take a pill if he had a headache or sore stomach. The 44-year-old
Hillside resident swallows up to five medications a day to control
his bipolar disorder.
Groups
join together to support patients and their families with bipolar
disorder
South Carolina Now
By Nicole Boone | WBTW News13 Anchor The National Bipolar Foundation
NBPF founded in 2007 in order to educate, reduce stigma, and seek
affordable healthcare ...
Youth
push for louder conversation about suicide
The Associated Press
In high school, he made a film about his own experience with bipolar
disorder and suicidal thoughts. He first showed the film to his
parents and teachers ...
Butler
provides anonymous tool to diagnose depression
Warwick Beacon
This Web-based tool enables anyone to go online and take anonymous
self-assessments for depression, bipolar disorder, generalized
anxiety disorder and ...
Being
in two minds always
Times of India
Bipolar disorder is a state of mind where the patient's mood swings
from extreme depression towards euphoria. According to the mental
health experts, ...
Police searching for missing Lewiston toddler
Fox12Idaho
Tom Greene said officers are concerned because Remacle is bipolar
and likely not taking any medicine. Greene said a search of his
home earlier this week ...
Mental
illness sufferers urge message of hope
Franklin Press
Roberts was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and started on medication.
She still had major obstacles to overcome, but recounts that after
this one-hour ...
Mental
illness still carries a powerful stigma
Abilene Reporter-News
Pamela Johnson, 50, of Abilene, diagnosed as bipolar after an
initial diagnosis of schizophrenia, cited “fear of the unknown”
when asked why some react ...
Missing
woman sought
Kansas City Star
She is undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder. Roychowdry is
Asian, 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weights 140 pounds. She has black
hair and brown eyes. ...
Jayson
Blair's advice
Politico
Blair, who's working as a life coach in Virginia, sat down last
night with POLITICO sister-network newschannel 8 to discuss his
suffering from bipolar ...
Comedy
is the best therapy ever
The Globe and Mail When Tazz Norris "came out" in 2001,
he talked openly about his illness and found his calling as the
"Bipolar Buddha."
Events
- Depression Bipolar Support Association | Fort Worth Weekly -
News, Events, Restaurants, Music
Fort Worth Weekly
7:30pm Fri. Community Room 817-654-7100. So Chow, Baby headed
off two weeks ago on its latest International Cuisine Research
trip - but unfortunately for cabrito-studying purposes, on Day
One it fell ins...
Missing
woman sought in KCK
The Kansas City Star
Kansas City, Kan., police are asking for the publics help in finding
28-year-old Mohua Roychowdry. She has been missing since Sept.
25, when her mother last spoke to her by telephone, police said.
She is undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder.
Ill.
father charged in death of 19-month-old son
Chicago Tribune
Family members say Chidi Esi suffers from mental illness and was
diagnosed with bipolar disorder. They say he'd tried to get relatives
to pick up his son ...
Family:
Murder suspect faced 'demons'
Chicago Breaking News - Tribune
Family members, including his mother and his two aunts, said Chidi
Esi suffered from bipolar disorder, but described him as a very
smart man who enjoyed ...
Stephen
Fry begs China to spare life of mentally ill Briton facing death
by firing squad
Daily Mail
It is believed Akmal Shaikh, 53, suffers from bipolar disorder
and may have been duped by heroin traffickers without realising
what he was doing.
Turning
Point: Aided by faith, friends, fortitude, St. Paul woman is coping
with bipolar disorder
Pioneer Press In May 1984, Catherine Roach was 24 and completing
her master's degree in statistics at the University of Minnesota
when she was hit by a drunken driver while riding her bike. During
her hospitalization, she experienced some deep-seated fears and
delusions. This was the beginning of her experience living with
a psychiatric disorder. Now 49, Roach, of St. Paul, sees her disorder
as a gift.
Schrenker
claims bipolar diagnosis as a college student
The Times of Northwest Indiana
Marcus Schrenker said he understands the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
comparison thrust upon him in the wake of allegedly attempting
to fake his own death.
Recidivism
high among mentally ill inmates
Ventura County Star Mentally ill with bipolar disorder and fearing
voices telling him hes the devil, Michael Jung turns up over and
over in Ventura Countys main jail. He has been booked at least
15 times in the past 10 years, revolving from a cell to temporary
lodgings to the street and back. Ive gotten slightly institutionalized,
said the Camarillo man with a litany of drug and alcohol convictions,
but no ...
Walk
raises hope, research money
News & Observer
With the help of 12 different medications, Gibbs said, he feels
more in control of his rapid cycling bipolar disorder, a severe
form of the illness he was ...
Study
to probe bipolar, schizophrenia links
NEWS.com.au
By Danny Rose A MAJOR Australian study will seek to answer an
emerging and controversial question, whether schizophrenia and
bipolar disorder are two faces ...
Mental
health issues discussed
Parkersburg News
Serious mental illnesses include depression, post traumatic stress
disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive
disorder. ...
Brittle
Bipolar Disorder
About - News & Issues (blog)
I recently read a post where a woman noted she had been diagnosed
with "brittle" bipolar disorder. When we talk about
a diagnosis of bipolar disorder there ...
Bipolar
Disorder
Rocklin and Roseville Today
The National Institutes of Health defines bipolar disorder as
"a serious medical condition" causing dramatic up and
down shifts affecting a person's mood, ...
Prt
5: Hypersexuality, Bipolar Disorder & Hosptial Hook-ups: A
match made in ...
Psychology Today (blog)
Nick and I absconded from our mutual place of confinement - Club
Medication about 90 minutes ago. He is hoofing it down the train
tracks somewhere off ...
What
is Bipolar Disorder?
GMTV
Someone diagnosed with bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic
depression) may swing from moods of deep depression to periods
of overactive, ...
Identifying
Depression Types
Los Angeles Public Relations
Depression from bipolar disorder can be easily misdiagnosed. Bipolar
disorder is a condition in which the patient experiences extreme
ups and downs. ...
Aussie
actress Radha Mitchell to star in A&E pilot
Reuters
She would play a homicide detective assigned to a desk job after
it is discovered that she suffers from a bipolar disorder. "Her
illness makes her brilliant ...
Alcohol
and Drugs Affect the Severity of Bipolar Disorder
New University Online
By Yuefan Weng on Oct. 27, 2003 The effect of drugs and alcohol
on the severity of bipolar disorder has become an area of concern
in recent years. ...
A
tell-all tale: Bipolar money manger who attempted to fake his
death plans book
InvestmentNews
According to published reports, 38-year-old Marcus Schrenker,
who is charged with stealing $1.5 million from his clients, will
be writing about his bipolar ...
Ind.
money manager plans book about plane crash
MiamiHerald.com
Marcus Schrenker told The Times of Munster that the book will
focus heavily on bipolar disorder. Schrenker says he was diagnosed
as bipolar while a student ...
New
Center at Yale Will Explore What Makes the Human Brain Unique
Yale University Office of Public Affairs
Leveraging more than $25 million in grants from the National Institutes
of Health, the Yale School of Medicine has created a new research
center to study how our brain evolved uniquely human traits. Its
founders hope that the center will identify new treatment options
for many forms of mental illness, including schizophrenia, autism
and bipolar disease.
Three
hundred participants sought for world-first study to determine
shared biological basis for psychotic illnesses
News-Medical-Net
For the first time, sufferers of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
are being brought together in a major new study investigating
the diseases' common genetic causes and manifestations.
Bipolar
Disorder
Rocklin & Roseville Today
The National Institutes of Health defines bipolar disorder as
"a serious medical condition" causing dramatic up and
down shifts affecting a person's mood, energy, and ability to
function. It is also known as manic-depressive illness.
Safety
net for mentally ill youth lacking, advocate says
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Karen Taycher broke down after watching news reports about a bipolar
teenager who was fatally shot in a confrontation with Las Vegas
police.
Breakthrough
in mental illness diagnosis
ABC Online
... such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder and to
throw into the mix we also tested patients who have Meniere's
disease, which is the ringing ...
Rape
charges certified
News Virginian
By Chase Purdy, The News Virginian STAUNTON — A mother's
testimony about her son's struggle with bipolar disease wasn't
enough to free the accused rapist ...
A
body larger than life
Los Angeles Times
"Bipolar disorder in the next generation appears as a metabolic
disorder where people go from being hyperkinetic to being overly
sedentary," Gordon said. ...
Drug
conference set for Friday at WestConn
The News-Times
DANBURY -- Opiate overdoses are now the second leading cause of
deaths in young adults in the U.S. There were 32,000 such deaths
in 2008. It's a growing challenge for communities, schools and
justice programs to address substance abuse and users' often parallel
psychiatric illnesses, including depression and bipolar illness.
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