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Erratic sleep points to mental illness
Sydney Morning Herald
The way teenagers sleep can provide a clue to their longer-term risk of developing depression or bipolar disorder. Erratic sleeping patterns were an often ...

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences details research in ...
Behavioral Health Central
Fresh data on bipolar disorders are presented in the report 'Impairment of verbal learning and memory and executive function in unaffected siblings of ...

Bipolar Disorder
TIME
One study found that the share of children with bipolar is the same as the share of adults: about 1%. Mood swings and extreme silliness or sadness are ...

Lower paraoxonase 1 activity in Tunisian bipolar I patients
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the variations of paraoxonase activity and lipid profile in bipolar I patients, and the association of this ...

Western Psych to be 1st inpatient center for Bipolar disorder in nation
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  
Pittsburgh is becoming a leader in diagnosing and treating a pediatric disorder that, 30 years ago, psychiatrists didn't think existed in children.

Kicking Depression: The politics of mental illness: Why I'm not running
Palm Beach Post
I am not ashamed of being an alcoholic or having a bipolar disorder, although I am not too thrilled with some of the things I have done under the influence ...

Tragic loss motivates mom to educate others on suicide prevention
KENS 5 TV
He was bipolar,” she said. Bipolar disorder affects people differently. In Brandon Kessel's case, Meryl Kessel said it made him want to fly. ...

Online assessment helps diagnose psychological illness
TopNews United Kingdom
It endows the practitioners with a variety of information about their patient as well as depressive subtype, likelihood of bipolar disorder, ...

Khandi Busby Was Legally Insane When She Threw Her Kids off Dallas-Area Bridge ...
CBS News
Busby had been living with her father the week before the incident, and her family said she is bipolar and had stopped taking her medication. ...

Single mom with bipolar disorder now gives others a hand up
The Province
"All that is not very far away," Duggan says of the psychotic episodes she endures as part of her bipolar disorder. "It's just around the corner. ...

Police find missing Pembroke Pines woman
MiamiHerald.com
Marni Kagan, who had been missing since Oct. 13th, suffers from bipolar disorder and anorexia. She is an "absolutely stunningly, beautiful woman whose ...

When To Tell Him You Are Bipolar
EmpowHer
Today, as a single bipolar woman, I have learned from experiences like that to take my time before disclosing my mental illness. ...

Suicide, mental illness: Tough topics that need to be talked about
NewsOK.com
They urged readers to go to the National Institutes of Health's website to learn more about depression and bipolar disorder. These conversations need to be ...

Woman accused of bilking friends for fake cancer care to be sentenced
Baltimore Sun
In interviews with investigators, Leone variously claimed to have post-traumatic stress disorder, cancer and bipolar disorder, but would later contradict ...

Christiansburg man arraigned in Papa John's shooting
Roanoke Times
Members of his family said in a statement after the incident that Lytton “had an ongoing battle with bipolar disorder.”

Grand jury: Arson charge certified against Draft man
News Virginian
Eavey, a military veteran, started receiving Social Security benefits in the early 2000s to help ease his struggle with bipolar disease and schizophrenia, ...

Teen gets 3 years for high-speed chase
Richmond Times Dispatch
He had stopped taking lithium prescribed to stabilize his bipolar condition, she said. Fuselier also was diagnosed this year as suffering from ...

Former Victorian MP Neil Cole on living with mental illnesses
Australian Broadcasting Corporation  
Former Victorian MP Neil Cole's bipolar mood disorder was publicly revealed during his time in Parliament in the 1990s. He resolved to devote his post-Parliamentary years to mental health advocacy and counselling. Neil Cole is also a playwright and researcher, and has just published a novel commissioned by the Brain and Mind Institute's Ian Hickey.