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Margaret Trudeau to speak at Niagara winery
Niagara Falls Review
Margaret Trudeau will read from her latest book Changing My Mind at Marynissen Estates Winery, Nov. 24. Trudeau's third book details her battle with bipolar disorder, a mental illness that went undiagnosed for years.[...]

Victim tried to kill himself
Straits Times
MORE evidence emerged on Tuesday that an Indonesian national who died here following a fall in mysterious circumstances had harboured suicidal tendencies. On the second day of the coroner's inquiry into the death of Mr Aries Jasuwito, 25, Dr Yap Hwa Ling said the Indonesian underwent treatment for bipolar disorder at Changi General Hospital from February to September 2000.

Recent suicide should spark overhaul of a crumbling system
Edmonton Journal
As my colleague Jodie Sinnema first reported on Saturday, the 34-year-old man, who was bipolar and suicidal, arrived at the Royal Alexandra Hospital on Sept ....

Partner attacked again
Stuff.co.nz
Defence counsel Maria Young said Walker had a history of bipolar disorder and suffered stress with the death of his child. His condition was aggravated by ...

Leigh, aged eight, cares for her mother Kirsty, who suffers from bipolar disorder
BBC News
There are four times more young carers in the UK than are officially recognised, figures published by the BBC suggest. One in 12 of the 4029 schoolchildren ...

Declare war on mental illness, says Cardiff professor
News Wales
From autism and ADHD in children, to adult psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, to neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's, ...

Mother: 'My Son Is Innocent'
KPHO Phoenix
Marion Patterson, 17, has been diagnosed as bipolar and was arrested last year for invading a home. But she says he is also an honor roll student who is ...

What Is Bipolar? What is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar In Order?
PsychCentral.com (blog)
By Tom Wootton We often hear people make the distinction between HAVING Bipolar and BEING Bipolar. Rarely, do we hear a distinction comparing Bipolar to ...

How You Can Help Fight the Stigma of 'Mentally Ill'
Huffington Post (blog)
I was compelled to do it because my sister, Jessie, lives with bipolar disorder and my nephew, Calen, lives with schizoaffective disorder and I realized ...

Sunday Marks Anniversary of Officer-Involved Shooting In Eugene
KEZI TV
19-year old Ryan Salisbury had a history of bipolar disorder. When police arrived at their home, Salisbury was on the porch holding a kitchen knife and ...

Common Molecular Pathways Revealed Between Rett Syndrome, Autism And Schizophrenia
Medical News Today
The laboratory of Huda Zoghbi, where the discovery that mutations in the gene MECP2 cause the severe childhood neurological disorder Rett Syndrome was made, has taken yet another step toward unraveling the complex epigenetic functions of this gene, implicated also in cases of autism, bipolar disease and childhood onset schizophrenia. The November 11 issue of Nature reports that removing MECP2 ...

Death in Simei: Open verdict
Straits Times
AN INDONESIAN visiting his elder sister last October mysteriously left his mother while shopping in Raffles City Shopping Centre on Oct 21, and fell to his death in Simei two hours later. On Friday, State Coroner Victor Yeo recorded an open verdict on the death of 25-year-old Aries Jasuwito. Coroner Yeo said that while five psychiatrists testified that the late Mr Jasuwito suffered from bipolar ...

Research unveils epigenetic function of MECP2 gene to cause neuropsychiatric disorders
News-Medical-Net
The laboratory of Huda Zoghbi, where the discovery that mutations in the gene MECP2 cause the severe childhood neurological disorder Rett Syndrome was made, has taken yet another step toward unraveling the complex epigenetic functions of this gene, implicated also in cases of autism, bipolar disease and childhood onset schizophrenia. The November 11 issue of Nature reports that removing MECP2 ...

80ft leap by illness fear wife
The Sun
A YOUNG woman who feared she would inherit her mother's bipolar disorder leapt to her death