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Missing Teen's Family Wants Answers
Black Voices  
Filed under: News , Race and Civil Rights The last time her grandmother saw her, 13-year-old Aja Stroud (pictured) was leaving for school. The teen, who suffers from bipolar disorder, was living with her grandmother in Atlanta while her mother was back in Ohio caring for her own mother as she lost a battle with cancer. School officials say Aja spent the day at school but no one has seen her ...

Plucked hairs can keep track of circadian rhythms
Scientific American  
Our sleep patterns, eating habits, body temperature and hormone levels are driven by the rhythmic activity of body's circadian clock. Travel across time zones or shift work can knock those rhythms out of whack, possibly leading to sleep problems, bipolar disorder, metabolic syndrome and even cancer. The lack of convenient and reliable methods to monitor the internal clock's activity has ...

Jury retires in baby bath death case
Stuff.co.nz
The defence said that the woman suffered from bipolar disorder resulting from the boy's birth and became severely depressed when she found out her daughter ...

Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder Are Sometimes Undiagnosed in Adults with Major ...
TechCombo (blog)
Mania is a symptom of bipolar disorder. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), it is generally defined as a ...

At The Mercy Of Our Moods
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Kay Jamison makes the correlation between the descriptions above and manic – depressive illness, or what had come to be diagnosed as bipolar disorder, ...

Memorial funds aid Stephens family, help youths
The Southern Illinoisan  
DU QUOIN - A fund has been established at Southern IllinoisRegional Social Services to aid youth with bipolar diagnoses inmemory of a Pinckneyville teenager who was slain last month.

Memorial funds aid Stephens family, help youths
The Southern Illinoisan  
DU QUOIN - A fund has been established at Southern IllinoisRegional Social Services to aid youth with bipolar diagnoses inmemory of a Pinckneyville teenager who was slain last month.

Trial date set, ex-wife doubts bipolar claim for accused Abbotsford child-killer
Abbotsford Mission Times  Accused child-killer Peter James Wilson was not in a Washington State courtroom Monday for a scheduled pre-trial hearing in the slaying of his five-year-old stepdaughter, Clare Shelswell.

Study Blurs Lines Between Depression, Bipolar Disorder
KARK Little Rock  
A new study is shedding light on the relationship between depression and bipolar disorder.

Trial to test latest treatment of bipolar disorder
News & Star
By Pamela McGowan THE team behind a new research project is looking for Cumbrians with bipolar disorder to take part in their latest research.

Bipolar Disorder Common in Fibromyalgia
Psych Central  
Many fibromyalgia patients may also suffer from bipolar disorder as well as depression. New research suggests that just over 25 percent of patients with fibromyalgia also have symptoms of bipolar disorder. According to Dr. William Wilke from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and his colleagues, the most important finding of our study pertains to the high prevalence...

New Data Could Help Diagnose Bipolar Disorder
RTT News
They found that about 40 percent ...

Bipolar: Use the Term Wisely and Accurately
Blogcritics.org (blog)
However, I am well-educated in this area, being a clinical depressive myself and having a best friend with bipolar disorder. I've done tons of research into ...

Emerging bipolar treatments 'creating interest in the disorder'
Craegmoor News
Emerging treatments for bipolar disorder have resulted in greater interest in the mental health condition, it has been claimed. ...

Why are so many patients ending up in jail instead of in hospitals?
allvoices
She has had bipolar disorder, is a psychiatrist's wife, and cares for her elderly husband with dementia. She's not homeless or camping on anyone's property. ...

How nature and nurture influence mental health
Helium
Bipolar disorder, for instance, frequently shows up in multiple generations of the same family. This observation has led scientists to study whether the ...