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West Dealing With Bipolar Disorder
Celtics Hub.com
His battle with depression and bipolar disorder sent him in and out of the Cleveland Cavaliers' control for several months, and his public silence and …

Top Paper of the Year: Antidepressants for Acute Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Psychiatric Times
The article by Sidor and colleagues 1 is noteworthy because, as Dr Ronald Pies, comments: antidepressants are the most common drug treatment in bipolar …

Airport Security and Mental Illnesses - Will Body Scans and Pat Downs Bother You?
About - News & Issues
In addition to the fact that children are taught never to let a stranger touch them, especially on certain parts of their bodies, a child with bipolar …

Let's Talk Life: Will my bipolar disorder flare again?
Jamaica Gleaner
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and am on medication. However, I have not been sleeping well for the past three nights. I am now worried that I will …

First-line use of Abilify more than doubles over past year for newly-diagnosed
The Pharma Letter
Newly-diagnosed patients from 4.1% patient share to 8.8%, according to Treatment Algorithms in Bipolar Disorder from advisory firm Decision Resources …

Recession a suicide concern
SouthCoastToday.com
Mental illness or a substance abuse problem, he said, while listing major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia as prominent among them …

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 ...

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