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Reducing the Toxicity of Lithium
Science Daily
Lithium is the most effective treatment for bipolar disorder. However, its use is limited because of neurological side effects and a risk for overdose-induced toxicity. Researchers have now delineated a molecular pathway by which chronic administration of therapeutic doses of lithium has negative effects in mice and hope that these data might provide new ideas for combination therapies that ...
Dr. Rakesh Ranjan - The Many Faces of Bipolar Disorder: Part 2A
The Medina County Gazette
Dr. Ranjan
So, I Do Have Bipolar Disorder: Now What?
So, after having been evaluated by 3-4 different psychiatrists, you have finally been diagnosed correctly with bipolar disorder. What do you do now?
Here is what you should do: Take the challenge. Nobody wants or plans to be diagnosed with a serious illness, but when life throws a ... Read More
MSU researcher identifies links between hypertension, bipolar disorders
EurekAlert (press release)
Nearly half of patients hospitalized with bipolar disorder may suffer from hypertension, and the younger a person is diagnosed with the psychiatric ...
Bipolar disorder: A challenge for Boulder
Daily Camera
By David J. Miklowitz Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic-depressive illness, is one of the world`s oldest and most well-recognized psychiatric ...
Girl with medical problems missing from South Side
Chicago Breaking News - Tribune (blog)
A 15-year-old girl diagnosed as bipolar was reported missing Thursday from the South Side, and police have asked for the public's help in finding her. ...
Darth Vader had borderline personality disorder: study
CANOE
They say traits of bipolar disorder are far more common among teenagers, a category that has traditionally made up a huge chunk of Star Wars' fan-base. ...
Azerrad: Drugging pre-school children: A crime against childhood
MetroWest Daily News
The increase in the use of anti-psychotics is directly tied to the rising incidence of one particular diagnosis, bipolar disorder. Experts estimate that the ...
CU Depression Center keeps focus on improving treatment, access to care
The Aurora Sentinel
Their treatments span everything from adolescent suicide prevention to bipolar management. The center took its first steps with the help of an initial ...
APA 2010 Expert Video: ADHD Highlights
Medscape
Previously, neuroimaging studies showed cerebellar abnormalities in patients with either bipolar disorder or ADHD, but what isn't known is what happens in ...
Bipolar patients may be at risk for high BP
Sify
A recent Michigan State University study has found that nearly half of patients hospitalized with bipolar disorder may suffer from hypertension, ...
How is Bipolar Disorder Affecting You?
TechCombo (blog)
People with bipolar disorder—also called manic-depressive illness—go through extreme changes in mood, energy and behavior. Bipolar disorder can be ...
Clinical Trials Update: June 11, 2010
BusinessWeek
This study will evaluate an FDA-approved drug among people with bipolar depression. The eight-week study involves a screening visit, three MRI visits that ...
Helpful guidance: New drug monitoring plan working, pharmacists say
Billings Gazette
Patients taking medication for depression or bipolar disorder hear regularly from their pharmacists, who check to make sure the drug is still the best ...
A Local High School Student Overcomes Extreme Odds To Graduate
W*USA 9
She was born to a drug-addicted mother and in the foster care system since she was 10-years-old and later diagnosed with bipolar disorder. ...
LETTER: Improving understanding of mental illness
SouthCoastToday.com
Two years ago, my friend of 10 years was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I did not feel like I had a good understanding of his illness, but through Compeer ...
Mania Increases Risk for Cardiovascular Illness
Psych Central
People with a history of manic or hypomanic episodes have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), a Johns Hopkins University study suggests. "Recognition of manic symptoms and addressing related CVD risk factors could have long-term preventative implications in the development of CVD in the community," according to Christine Ramsey and colleagues at the university. While bipolar ...
Health workers say drug-monitoring program working
Great Falls Tribune
BILLINGS (AP) Health workers in Billings say a monitoring program by pharmacists intended to help make sure patients with depression or bipolar disorder are taking the proper medication and amount appears to be working.
The Challenges of Treating Youths With Bipolar Disorder
Psychiatric Times
Dr Wagner is the Marie B. Gale Centennial Professor and vice chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
Mentally ill minors put in juvenile hall
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Juvenile halls have become catch-all basins for severely mentally ill youth. Designed as secure holding facilities for minors who are going through the court system, juvenile detention centers now double as a default placement option for youth diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression.
Pulling back the veil on bipolar disorder
Culpeper Star Exponent
By Vincent Vala In an effort to improve awareness about the dangers of bipolar disorder, a local couple has launched an informative and interactive website ...
What is bipolar disorder?
Times LIVE
Bipolar disorder is a physical illness marked by extreme changes in mood, energy and behaviour. It is classified as a mood disorder. ...
Tough living in bipolar trenches
Times LIVE
I have bipolar disorder disease. Bipolar is not considered a disease where I come from, that would be admitting to a mental illness. ...
A milestone for Lodge Program graduates and their families beyond academics
Washington Post
Theresa Spencer's 17-year-old son, Zack, who has Asperger's syndrome and bipolar disorder, started at the school in the seventh grade. ...
Cardiff creating three research institutes
WalesOnline
... breakthroughs by Cardiff-based experts, including identifying the genetic origins of diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and Alzheimer's. ...
A champion for the mentally ill
Attleboro Sun Chronicle
Bipolar. These were all things that the mental health sciences were slowly developing treatment for, successfully for the most part. ...
10 Year Anniversary of Deadly Mpls Shooting
FOX 9 News
Schneider was a well-known community activist, who suffered from a bipolar disorder. She charged at the officers with a knife. They shot and killed her. ...
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