Rapid Cycling Bipolar
Disorder: in the Office and on 'The Street'
Huffington Post (blog)
Rapid cycling bipolar disorder
is a turbulent and psychologically painful condition characterized
by four or more major mood shifts in the course of a year (sometimes
even in a week). Moods go up or down in this condition and are demarcated
by a rapid ... |
| Greens look past record
Regina Leader-Post
His experience with bipolar
disorder also helps him be a voice for others who have
had forms of mental illness, she said. "What I have found
in the past is that he is very thoughtful. He is intelligent and
he brings a perspective to any political party ... |
NAMI DuPage Family to Family
Education Course
TribLocal
The Family-to-Family course focuses on current information about
schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar
disorder (manic depression), panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive
disorder, borderline personality disorder, and co-occurring brain
disorders and ... |
VA awards new contract for debunked PTSD drug
Nextgov
The Food and Drug Administration has approved risperidone
only for treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder, and irritability associated with autistic disorder
in children and adolescents, but clinicians can prescribe it for
other conditions, ... |
| Nurofen Plus contamination alert: What are the effects of Seroquel XL?
Metro
It has been revealed that some Nurofen
Plus packets may mistakenly contain the potentially harmful antipsychotic
drug Seroquel XL, normally used to treat schizophrenia and
bipolar disorder. Here are the facts
you need to know. ... |
| Jenifer Lewis Joins a New Club
The Root
The Hollywood veteran talks about her new role in NBC's The Playboy
Club, bipolar disorder and her best moments
of 2011. Jenifer Lewis turns up everywhere. After launching her
career as a vocalist in the Broadway hits Ain't Misbehavin'
and Dreamgirls, ... |
'Axe killer' fit to stand trial
Times LIVE
Despite years of treatment for bipolar
disorder and schizophrenia, former Blue Bulls flanker Joseph
Ntshongwana was found fit to stand trial for the grisly
axe murders of three Durban men. The Durban Magistrate's Court yesterday
heard that doctors who ... |
No Devil in Sight for Daniel Johnston at Neumos, Just Love
Seattle Weekly (blog)
Johnston, who suffers from bipolar
disorder, hit the stage Wednesday night to supportive cheers
from the Neumos crowd. "We love you,
Daniel," one fan shouted as the heavy-set musician, dressed
in a black pocket T-shirt and sweatpants, got situated in ... |
| Fight against bipolar disorder
is personal for Prechter family
Detroit News
Under the auspices of the University of Michigan Depression Center,
the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund has led to one of the nation's first longitudinal
studies with a wide scope of research that includes genetics and
adult stem cell lines. |
| Study reveals striking brain similarities
in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
News-Medical-Net
Researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
and Beaumont Hospital have conducted a study which has found striking
brain similarities in bipolar
disorder and schizophrenia. The research
has also pinpointed for the first time that a process which controls
how information is transmitted from neuron to neuron in the brain
is altered in both conditions and may potentially ... |
Does a loved one have a mental disorder? This Fairfield course may
help
The Vacaville Reporter
A free, 12-week course for families with a loved one who suffers
from depression, bipolar
disorder, schizophrenia or panic
disorder will be offered in Fairfield
next month. |
Celebrity Big Brother: Kerry Katona
banned from talking about Brian McFadden
stv.tv
Kerry, who suffers from bi-polar
disorder, passed the medical to take part in the reality
show. However, psychotherapist Phillip Hodson,
said: "The last thing anyone suffering from bipolar disorder needs is a highly stressed, chaotic environment
likely ... |
| Whatcom County man pleads guilty to assault in teen brother's
stabbing
Bellingham Herald
A man who stabbed his teen brother while off his medication for
bipolar disorder has pleaded guilty
to second-degree assault while armed with a deadly weapon. Larry
Ricketts, 32, was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 25, in Whatcom County
Superior Court to ... |
Ernesto Bustamante, Professor In Murder-Suicide
Was Found With Medications And Guns
The Huffington Post
BOISE, Idaho -
A former Idaho professor
who killed himself after gunning down a graduate student he had
recently dated was found dead in his hotel room with six guns and
medications for bipolar
disorder and severe anxiety, police
said. |
Workshops
to help parents, caregivers of children with mental disorders
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
It's common for parents of children with attention deficit disorder,
bipolar disorder, substance abuse, or any other mental disorder,
to seek help managing their children's lives. So Falcon and Cheyenne
Sorrell, who is with Counseling and Recovery ... |
Classes
focus on mental health
The Free Lance-Star
The Peer-to-Peer classes are taught by a trained mentor who has
a mental illness. Lauren Ball, a Spotsylvania County resident who
has bipolar disorder, will lead the weekly classes. "It's not
really a support group; it's there to educate themselves on ... |
Extreme
Morning Sickness Linked To Behavioral Disorders In Kids
South Asia Mail
A joint study by UCLA and the University of Southern California
has found that children whose mothers suffered from HG while carrying
them were 3.6 times more likely to suffer from anxiety, bipolar
disorder and depression in adulthood than individuals ... |
Fragile
Minds: About this series
Minneapolis Star Tribune
June 19: The number of children diagnosed with bipolar disorder
has soared in the past two decades, and now many psychiatrists are
having second thoughts about the stigmatizing label and the powerful
medications that often accompany it. ... |
Ruling
may broaden insurance plans' coverage for mental illness
Los Angeles Times
... listing eating
disorders as well as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder,
panic disorder, autism, and serious emotional disturbances in children
and adolescents. ... |
Stem cell lines are the key to decipher bipolar disorder mysteries: Research
HealthJockey.com
A study conducted 2 years back unfolded that bipolar disorder could have a genetic link. More recently, scientists
from the University of Michigan are scrutinizing stem cell lines
created from the skin of adults suffering from bipolar condition
to ... |
SMHC accepting Cogswell Award
nominations
Seacoastonline.com
Presented annually at the Erik Cogswell
Memorial Conference, the award recognizes an individual for his
or her outstanding contributions to help improve the lives of people
with bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses.
Specifically, the award is ... |
Announcing a New YouTube Channel
PsychCentral.com (blog)
By Joseph Burgo PhD I discussed the film
“Limitless” in this earlier post, but in my new YouTube channel,
I talk about bipolar disorder
and use the film to illustrate the manic shift from hopeless problems
to perfect answers. ... |
Lundbeck Canada donates $2.7 million to fund ground-breaking
depression research
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
... of $2.7 million
to support ground-breaking research at the University Health Network
to identify biomarkers (biological markers) that will enhance the
diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from major depression
and bipolar disorder. ... |
As the Republic school district begins defending itself
in a high-profile ...
Springfield News-Leader
The district contended the boy had conduct disorder, a condition
that does not qualify for special education services. The family
said the boy had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as well
as bipolar disorder -- disabilities that would qualify ... |
Sunil Sharan: India,
Pakistan: Fork in the Road
The Huffington Post
Threats of nuclear annihilation one day and bear-hugging cricket
diplomacy the next just makes it look as if the countries' leaders
suffer from bipolar disorder. |
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology leads genetic study of
bipolar disorder
al.com (blog)
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Huntsville's HudsonAlpha
Institute for Biotechnology will lead a large new study of bipolar disorder that sequences the
genomes of 2000 people. The $7.8 million study pairs HudsonAlpha with the University of Michigan in looking
... |
| Mental health link to alcohol problems
Nursing in Practice
People diagnosed with mental health problems like depression,
bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder
are at much higher risk of developing a dependence on alcohol,
according to an Australian study. The research, published in the
September issue of the ... |
| Have you seen this missing woman?
WPEC
Police are asking for the public's help in finding a woman who
suffers from bipolar disorder and narcolepsy and
has been without her medication since at least Friday. Jillian
Walsh-Ezzidio, 26, was last seen around 3 am Friday in a residential
area on ... |
| Practical Management of Bipolar Disorder
British Journal of Psychiatry
Email: jackpeteuk{at}yahoo.com The book
provides a broad guide to the current practical management of
bipolar disorder, doing what it says on the tin. It clearly lays
out available management for the different subgroups of the illness
including bipolar ... |
| Review: 'Bas Ek Tamanna' progressive but average
IBNLive.com
One day he gets noticed by a Dubai based rich business woman Sameera, who has a six year old son Ahmed suffering from
bipolar disorder. Impressed by the
loving and caring attitude of Faraaz,
Sameera offers him a job in Dubai. ... |
| Managing two lives; A young carer's
experience
ABC Local
Laura Fillisch from Hobart speak
about caring for her mum, who suffers from bipolar
disorder, while balancing homework and her own teenage
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| 30 Before 30: Living with an Anxiety Disorder
AnnArbor.com
I never had depression, or bipolar
disorder, or an overwhelming fear of death, so I assumed
I was normal. I thought it had passed me over, like jaundice,
or the need for braces. Where I saw signs, I took pains to overcome
them. ... |
| Former addict shares her story with Willing Women
The Star Democrat
They told me I had schizophrenic bipolar
disorder and all these mental health diagnoses and I was
just going to be a drug addict the rest of my life, and a prostitute
for the rest of my life. And I'm here to tell you this morning:
not so, not so. ... |
