New
bipolar disorder research from Haukeland University described
Behavioral Health Central (blog)
According to recent research published in the journal Bmc Psychiatry,
"The treatment of depressive phases of bipolar disorder is
challenging. ...
Magellan
Health Services Offers E-Courses for Providers, Consumers and
Families
MarketWatch (press release)
DBSA, which is considered the leading patient-directed national
organization focused on prevalent mental illnesses such as depression,
bipolar disorder and ...
My
partner's friendship with another woman has got out of hand
The Guardian
He tried to stop contact with her, but felt guilty when she told
him she's bipolar. After that, he tried to keep things platonic.
...
Stroudsburg
mom fears for runaway's safety
Pocono Record
Christman is worried because Shawnee, a ninth-grader at Stroudsburg
Junior High School, was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder
and threatened to kill ...
Singer
Adam Ant sent to mental hospital after unleashing obscene tirade
...
New York Daily News
The Antmusic singer has a history of depression and, according
to an Adam & The Ants website, had been diagnosed with bipolar
disorder. ...
Uncovering
lithium's mode of action
EurekAlert (press release)
Though it has been prescribed for over 50 years to treat bipolar
disorder, there are still many questions regarding exactly how
lithium works. ...
Graduation
2010 - Unique talents, personalities pace seniors to final HS
night
TriValley Central
Bryanna is bipolar. She said before she started taking medication
for her condition about three weeks ago, it was a battle sometimes
to get to school in the ...
Expo
focuses on mental health
Danville Commercial News
He was diagnosed eight years ago with a bipolar disorder and schizophrenia,
a psychotic disorder marked by delusions and hallucinations. ...
Seizure
Drugs Vary in Strength of Link to Suicidal Behavior
Psychiatric News
A previous retrospective study of bipolar patients showed only
that the use of antiepileptics was associated with a lower rate
of suicide attempts than was ...
Therese
Borchard: I'm Not Bipolar. I HAVE Bipolar
The Huffington Post Fri, 21 May 2010 08:35 AM PDT
A diagnosis is an opinion and not a prediction. What would it
be like if more people allowed for the presence of the unknown,
and accepted the words of their medical experts in the same way?
Hollins
graduate gets degree of support in working with bipolar disorder
- Roanoke Times
The Hollins University community rallied around Jessica Thomas,
who overcame the emotional highs and lows of bipolar disorder
. Jessica Thomas' college graduation today doesn't just mark the
end of a phase of academics. It also culminates her recent success
over another, more immediate hurdle. Thomas, 22, of Reston will
receive her undergraduate degree in sociology from Hollins University
today
Motorcyclists
ride for the kids
Lincoln Journal Star
Brink, whose teens have attention deficit and hyperactivity and
bipolar disorders, said schools need to start listening to children
and parents. ...
Fran
Bradley: Mental illness is real, and it won't cure itself
Post-Bulletin
Most of us cannot constructively relate to depression, bipolar,
schizophrenia, or other forms of mental illness. And yet, these
conditions are the results ...
Man
shot by FBI agent apologizes for wielding gun
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Boegel said he has symptoms of a bipolar disorder that is controlled
by medication, but he has been unable since November to get a
psychiatrist to prescribe ...
Bipolar
Kids: A Tricky Diagnosis
Ivanhoe
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Shifting children out of the controversial
diagnosis of bipolar disorder into one that more accurately reflects
their symptoms will ...
APA:
Bipolar Patients May Be at Risk for High Blood Pressure
MedPage Today
By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Explain to interested
patients that participants in a single-center study who had bipolar
disorder had a ...
Our
Psychiatric Civilization
Huffington Post (blog)
People email and call the office identifying themselves as "bipolar"
or "clinically depressed." Or they describe their children
in the same terms, ...
Battling
Cyclothymia
Rocklin and Roseville Today
People with cyclothymia or bipolar disorder are at risk for self-harm.
All American Foods and Blue Valley Sod make this column possible
. ...
Stamping
out stigmas
St. George Daily Spectrum
Cedar City resident and SUU student Andrew Strother has been able
to do all those things despite being diagnosed with bipolar disorder
when he was 16 years ...
Stephen
Giroux sentenced
Plattsburgh Press Republican
Giroux's picture of himself Monday was of a bipolar alcoholic
who should get probation, a place in the community and time for
mental-health and ...
University
of Hawaii math professor acquitted of arson
Honolulu Advertiser
Bleeker had been on leave for a year because of erratic behavior
at the time of the June 2009 fire and was disabled by bipolar
and cognitive mental ...
Despite
past, Burks asks for release to group home
WGNtv.com
Burks suffers from bipolar manic depression and is on a daily
dose of Abilify to control his disorder. Despite confessing to
the murders, a judge found him ...
Room
for Improvement Needed in Lithium Monitoring for Bipolar Patients
...
DG News
Even though lithium monotherapy for bipolar disorder has declined
with the advent of newer drugs, the use of lithium continues as
a frequent choice for ...
Carl
Steward 'In Our Backyard': Walnut Creek native Jordan Whittenburg
gets a ...
San Jose Mercury News
He said he spent 33 days in various psychiatric hospitals around
the East Bay, was diagnosed as bipolar and placed on a series
of drug treatments that did ...
Medical
conference looks at rebalancing pharmaceutical industry influence
Online Journal
CHICAGO -- "We need to be holding their hand and whispering
in their ear Neurontin for pain, Neurontin for monotherapy, Neurontin
for bipolar, Neurontin for everything," sales reps at Park-Davis,
now Pfizer, were told in 1996 by senior executive John Ford.
To
protect people with disabilities, consider credit 'freeze'
Deseret News
Last week, I introduced you to Lisa and to a problem facing many
families of people with disabilities. She wrote to tell me that
her brother suffers from bipolar disorder that is managed by medication.
Hay
Fever Linked to Depression
WebMD
Preliminary research shows that people with depression or bipolar
disorder who are allergic to tree or ragweed pollen experience
worse depression when exposed to that allergen.
Sacramento
cops seek bipolar teen missing from Antelope group home
News10.net
ANTELOPE, CA - Sacramento authorities were looking for a 17-year-old
boy with a bipolar disorder who walked away from his Antelope
group home last week, ...
Ziprasidone
Reduces Agitation Among Patients With Acute Bipolar Mania ...
DG News
By Ed Susman NEW ORLEANS -- May 26, 2010 -- A post hoc analysis
of 2 placebo-controlled clinical trials among patients with acute
bipolar mania appears to ...
Many
Bipolar Patients Face Other Conditions, Too
WebMD
Researchers say many people with bipolar disorder have high rates
of other medical conditions, such as migraines, obesity, epilepsy,
and high blood pressure.
Homelessness:
Gimme Shelter - The state tries to help a growing homeless youth
population
New Haven Advocate
Amber, 17, was four months pregnant when her mom kicked her out.
Out on her own, Amber called the Bridgeport-based Janus Center
for Youth in Crisis. The church-run group organized a meeting
between Amber and her mother, who said she didn't want to reunite
with her bipolar daughter.
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