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Limelight | Leah-Carla Gordone
The Columbus Dispatch
Leah-Carla Gordone enjoys telling a story. Many stories, actually.
Tales of bipolar disorder and soul-searching, drug abuse and failed
romance are all detailed in her recent book, The Motorgirl Memoirs:
Adventures in Mania and Semi-Normality.
Over-Diagnosis
of Bipolar May Harm Children
Psych Central
In the mid-1990s the criteria for a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
was informally significantly expanded to include children. A new
study examines the impact of this shift with the suggestion that
troubled children diagnosed with bipolar disorder may fare better
with a different diagnosis. Researchers at The Hastings Center
support an emerging approach which gives many [...]
Three
years later, no second thoughts from Rebecca Riley's psychiatrist
The Patriot Ledger At the end of six hours of testimony, Dr. Kayoko
Kifuji told a Plymouth County jury that she hasn't changed her
mind about diagnosing Rebecca Riley with bipolar disorder and
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder when Rebecca was 2. Rebecca's
father, Michael Riley, is on trial for Rebecca's death, which
prosecutors say was caused by a prescription-drug overdose. Riley's
wife, Carolyn, was ...
Ask
Amy
Washington Post
She denies she's bipolar and is going to counseling to address
what she believes is mostly an anxiety disorder. She is now on
medication to address this, ...
Bipolar
teen missing from Sunrise home
Sun-Sentinel
White has bipolar disorder and needs her medication, Gerity said.
She is described as being 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 120
pounds. ...
A
Canadian naturalistic study of a community-based cohort treated
for bipolar ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Bipolar illness is associated with significant psychosocial morbidity
and health resource utilization. Second generation antipsychotics,
used alone or in ...
Lilly
Asks Public to Watch for Stolen Conn. Drugs
ABC News
The company says they stole antidepressants, anti-psychotic and
hyperactivity drugs, bipolar depression medication, a blood thinner,
and cancer treatments. ...
Highest
court dismisses human rights complaint
Whitehorse Star Daily
A human rights complaint launched by a man suffering from bipolar
disorder has been dismissed by the territory's highest court,
on the basis the various judges and panel members who have heard
the case made no legal errors in deciding the case.
Counselors
use life experiences to help
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Lisa Buraczewski, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after
her brother's death, says Warmline helps volunteers and callers.
It was nearly eight years ...
NC
police say man killed girlfriend then himself
Greenville Daily Reflector
Williams said Hailey had been treated for mental health problems
was taking medication for bipolar disorder. The couple had been
living in the basement of ...
Celia
Imrie interview: 'It kills me to think what I put my mother through...'
Telegraph.co.uk
As she prepares for a play about a child who is bipolar, actress
Celia Imrie tells Olga Craig about her own teenage struggle with
anorexia. ...
Jesse James "Mistress" Bipolar and Custody Battle Claims
CNM News Network
Jesse James “Mistress” Bipolar and Custody Battle
Claims. Michelle Bombshell McGee is a tattoo model who came forward
and made claims that she bed Jesse ...
County
program helps the mentally ill
News-Herald.com
To qualify, participants must be diagnosed with bipolar disease,
schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. "Drugs and counseling
are a must," said Craig ...
Family
of missing Brooklyn woman, Brianna Zani, turns to Twitter, Facebook
for ...
New York Daily News
Brianna Zani first went missing from her Bushwick apartment around
11 pm on Tuesday, a day after she stopped taking medication for
her bipolar disorder, ...
Special
court aims to keep mentally ill out of jail
The Wenatchee World
WENATCHEE - Tuesday afternoons, usually about 2:20 p.m., the focus
in Chelan County District Court is on mental health. The accused
who stand before the judge may have one or multiple mental-health
problems. They could have such illnesses as bipolar disorders,
schizophrenia, other paranoid disorders and personality disorders.
All of them have been charged with a crime.
Hospital
blamed for sister's death
Concord Monitor
By RAY DUCKLER Joan Bishop believes her sister, who suffered from
bipolar disorder, was released prematurely from the state psychiatric
hospital 2½ years ...
San Francisco chooses jail over treatment
San Francisco Chronicle
Annette Robinson, diagnosed as bipolar, praised Behavioral Health
Court staff and caseworkers, adding: "When ... arrested ...
I went to jail. ...
Mentally
ill man found not responsible for sex assault
The Province
There was disputed psychiatric evidence, but the judge found the
testimony of a defence psychiatrist that Lowry suffered from bipolar
disorder and was in a ...
Author to speak at 'Salute to Families'
MassLive.com
David Lovelace, author of the critically acclaimed memoir, "Scattershot:
My Bipolar Family," will explore the relationship between
creativity and mental ...
Graduates
ready to face new life
Battle Creek Enquirer
He was diagnosed as bipolar and put on the proper medications.
This has changed the way he thinks about alcohol, which he doesn't
ever plan to use again. ...
Bipolar
Disorder - Is Your Brain Shrinking?
About - News & Issues (blog)
A new study has found that people with bipolar disorder lose brain
tissue as they age more rapidly than do people without mental
illnesses. ...
Unruly
Air Passenger Threw Punch At Cop
CBS 4
At a court appearance Monday afternoon Jones' wife told the judge
her husband suffers from bipolar disorder, a mental illness that
can cause large mood ...
AstraZeneca
gets favourable ruling in first US Seroquel product liability
trial
pharmabiz.com
Seroquel was first approved in the US in 1997 and is currently
approved for depressive episodes in bipolar disorder in adults;
manic episodes in bipolar ...
Relative
of Gardner's mom comes to her defense
San Diego Union Tribune
Other documents say Gardner was diagnosed with bipolar disorder
and was prescribed lithium, although it was discontinued because
of side effects. ...
Creativity
and Depression, Lost Vouchers
Back Stage
"Make sure there is no clinical depression or a mood disorder
like bipolar. While depression can come and go, bipolar mood disorder
is a lifetime disorder ...
First Health Care Reform Bill to Become Law
About - News & Issues (blog)
Having bipolar disorder will not prevent you from getting insurance
any more! What's more, children with chronic illnesses can't be
denied insurance - is ...
PARADOX
OF A PLAIDED SWEATER: Students dealing with bipolar disorder deserve
respect
Ball State Daily News Meira Bienstock is a junior magazine journalism
major and writes 'Paradox of a Plaided Sweater' for the Daily
News. Her views do not necessarily agree with those of the newspaper.
Suspect
Killed In Deputy-Involved Shooting
WPBF West Palm Beach
"He was bipolar and using drugs at the same time, and when
you (are) like that, you don't really know what you're doing,"
Christopher Hunter said. ...
Wife:
passenger's behavior due to injuries
7Online WSVN-TV
"He's been diagnosed with bipolar disorder." Mike Jones
is a championship motocross dirt bike racer, known as "Mad
Mike." He won a gold medal in the 2001 ...
In
defense of 'Crazy Girl on Train': Practice compassion
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times
Local news later revealed her identity as Nafiza Ziyad, a 25-year-old
mother suffering from bipolar disorder. I asked my cousin, who
works at a mental ...
Davy
Sturtevant, SoMar Dance Works to present 'Dis-Ease: A Coming Out'
GoErie.com
For singer-songwriter Davy Sturtevant, what you know is bipolar
disease. What you do is write about it. Thus began a collaboration
between Sturtevant and ...
Legend
of a Suicide
Huffington Post (blog)
Ninety percent of all people who die by suicide have a diagnosable
psychiatric disorder at the time of death (most often depression
or bipolar disorder). ...
Pfizer
defends Neurontin as trial winds down
FiercePharma
Kaiser alleged that it had been misled into using Neurontin for
migraines, bipolar disorder and other maladies in addition to
its approved indication, ...
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