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Bipolar News
September 23, 2011
Judy McLane Is Next to Normal , Opening
Sept. 16 in Utah
Playbill Singer-actress Judy
McLane, who plays Tanya in the Broadway company of Mamma Mia!, stars as
Diana, a mother battling depression and bipolar disorder,
in Pioneer Theatre Company's production of Next to Normal, which officially
opens Sept. 16 following previews that began Sept. 15. Performances will
continue in Utah through Oct. 1.
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Functional Remediation Helps with Bipolar Disorder Related Cognitive
Impairment
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Sherry Boshert, reporting for the Internal
Medicine News Digital Network, has posted an excellent article
entitled “Functional Training Helps Patients With Bipolar
Disorder” that focuses on a study presented by Dr. Eduard
Vieta (director of the Bipolar ... |
| Former trader marks Lehman's collapse as a second chance
Los Angeles Times
Jared Dillian — suffering from
bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive
disorder while working on Wall Street for Lehman Bros. —
sees his firm's collapse as a second chance at life. Jared
Dillian is the author of "Street
Freak," a book that recounts ... |
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| Theatre Latest News
Camden New Journal newspapers website
by JOSH LOEB COMEDIENNE and Marylebone resident Ruby Wax
(pictured) is currently staring
in Losing It, a “confessional” show about mental illness
at the Duchess Theatre, in which she approaches the subject
of her own bipolar
disorder with equal ...
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| Robert Lyons Stabbed Mother To Death In Fight Over Avril Lavigne Tickets ...
Huffington Post
A suburban Chicago man who admitted to stabbing his mother to
death allegedly told authorities that his actions stemmed not
from his bipolar disorder but from anger that
she refused to get him tickets to an Avril
Lavigne concert. ... |
| Former military man accused of threatening to kill Biden
ordered held without ...
Washington Post
He told officials he was medically discharged from the US Marine
Corps for bipolar disorder. Brady says Woodward
was deported from Thailand after being arrested for assault. Copyright
2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. ... |
| RUOK? Letters that can save life
The Daily Telegraph
ONE in five Australians will personally experience clinical depression
or a bipolar disorder over their lifetime.
If not touched personally, we encounter the black dog through
family, partners, friends or colleagues. But despite being common,
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| Alternative education is making the grade
Review Times
By ALLISON WINGATE The third-grader was falling behind in class,
something she and his counselor attributed to his diagnosis of
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar
disorder. "His teachers didn't know how to handle
him. ... |
Demonizing Sugar, Bipolar Disorder and
The Travails Of Big Pharma
Forbes Fri,
16 Sep 2011 21:03 PM PDT
I'm going to touch on three topics quickly. |
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Inflammatory Cause of Bipolar Disorder Suggests New Treatments
Clinical Psychiatry News Digital Network
PARIS – Recently reported evidence implicating inflammatory mediators in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder and major depression have opened the door to
testing new agents for treating these psychiatric disorders or slowing their
progression. ...
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Teacher's 'crazy dream' gets boost with leadership
award
Vancouver Sun
Schratter, who was diagnosed in 1990 with
hypomania, which is a mild form of bipolar
disorder, said there is a stigma surrounding people with mental health
issues and he believes the time has come to bring it out of the shadows. ...
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Don't fling words like 'crazy' at your political
adversaries
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Bipolar disorder can unleash
creativity and incredible stamina for long hours when facing a crisis. When I
think of people with mental illnesses, the attributes that come to mind are
courageous, determined, empathetic and creative. ...
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COLDREN v. ASTRUE
Leagle.com
In May of 2006, she filed claiming a primary diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, a secondary
diagnosis of thyroid disorder, and complaints related to asthma and
arthritis; and, in October of 2006, she filed claiming fractures of her L1
and C7 vertebrae, ...
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Mentally ill patients more prone to early death:
Study
HealthJockey.com
This is subsequently causing prolonged age difference where people with
mental issue like schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder seemingly encounter higher chances of early death unlike
the others, even after progress in mental care. ...
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Judy McLane Is Next to Normal, Opening Sept. 16 in
Utah
Playbill.com
By Andrew Gans Singer-actress Judy McLane, who
plays Tanya in the Broadway company of Mamma Mia!, stars as Diana, a mother
battling depression and bipolar
disorder, in Pioneer Theatre Company's production of Next to Normal,
which officially opens Sept. ...
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Program Strikes Early at Major Psychiatric Disorders
Clinical Psychiatry News Digital Network
CHICAGO – Schizophrenia, bipolar
disorder, and major depressive disorder all benefit from early
diagnosis and aggressive therapy, and the new First Contact program at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital is an attempt to provide it to all three
disorders in ...
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Let's talk life - Mood swings
Jamaica Gleaner
Dear Counsellor, I think I have bipolar disorder because I suffer
from mood swings all the time. I get irritable easily and I am easily
frustrated. My irritability is worse at the beginning of my period. I am
sure that my family has given up on me. ...
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Metal God Zakk Wylde My Stalker Left Me a 'Sacrifice'
TMZ.com
Wylde claims the neighbor was "deemed
mentally ill" -- and diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder.
An LA County Superior Court judge approved a temporary restraining order
against the neighbor -- requiring him to stay at least 100 yards away fro the rocker ...
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Severe Irritability May Signal Syndrome Apart From Bipolar
Psychiatric News
Specifically, the children with SMD reported greater irritation in response
to the computerized task than did healthy children or children with bipolar disorder, and they responded
to negative feedback with significantly greater activation of the ...
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Pulitzer Prize winning musical Next to Normal shines
spotlight on bipolar disorder
The Vancouver Observer
Diana Goodman (Caitriona Murphy), the wife and
mother, suffers from bi-polar
disorder and manages to give the illusion of wellness often enough to
keep her long suffering husband Dan (Warren Kimmel) something to hang on to.
He remembers what they were ...
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The Scientific Curmudgeon - Why screening teens for
mental illness is a bad idea
The Stute
*The most startling trend in pediatric psychiatry is the surge in diagnoses
of bipolar disorder, which
just a few decades ago was viewed as almost exclusively an adult ailment.
Since 1995, the number of children diagnosed with bipolar disorder has ...
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Counterproductive craziness at federal agency
Washington Times
SAMHSA was founded to “reduce the impact of … mental illness on America's
communities” by “target[ing] … mental health
services to the people most in need.” Families of people such as Shayne Riggleman, who went off medicines for bipolar disorder and ...
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Evanston alums honor a life cut short
Evanston Review
Timothy McGuire was in his junior year at Skidmore College when his life took
a sudden turn for the worse in early 2000. McGuire, a 1997 graduate of
Evanston Township High School, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder,
an illness characterized by high and low mood swings that come on without
warning over a matter of hours, days, weeks or longer. When attempts to
manage his illness with medication ...
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A
beautiful life laid waste
The Age
Suzie Oneeglio was a vivacious, generous woman and
one of 250,000 Australians with bipolar
disorder. Jim O'Rourke
reports.
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'Bipolar...
My Arse'
Huffington Post UK (blog)
According to the US Library of Medicine (who are surely in some
way responsible for morphing what was known as 'Manic Depression'
into the publically accessible and acceptable version of 'Bipolar Disorder' in order to sell pharmaceuticals and give ... |
| U-M among international group to find genetic variants
that may contribute to ...
HealthCanal.com
Several newly discovered genetic variants may increase the risk
of developing bipolar
disorder, schizophrenia or both, according to an international
research consortium that includes the University of Michigan School
of Public Health. ... |
Woman missing about a month is located
Irvine World News
IRVINE- Authorities on Monday located a Newport Beach woman who
went missing a month ago after she stopped taking medication for
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, police said. A passerby about 10:30 a.m. saw Erika Lopez,
24, near Michelson Drive... |
Do We Stigmatize Ourselves?
PsychCentral.com (blog)
I was talking about how our society stigmatizes mental illness and
how that makes us afraid to talk to people about it. A businessman
pointed out that he had experienced the contrary. He related his
story of talking about bipolar disorder at a business ... |
| 'Quarter of Scots' suffer from mental health problems
stv.tv
But despite the high number, sufferers of bipolar believe most people have no understanding about their
disorder. The survey suggests the
condition, which used to be known as manic depression, is
leading to people being stigmatised
and too scared to ... |
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Front Porch: Support for families living with mental illness
HeraldNet
The free course is taught by a team of trained NAMI volunteers
who know what it's like to have a loved one with major depression,
bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, panic and obsessive compulsive
disorders, and brain and addictive problems. ... |
NAMI walk Saturday to raise funds, reduce stigma
of mental illness
The Salt Lake Tribune
NAMI walk Saturday to raise funds, reduce stigma of mental illness
By heather may The Salt Lake Tribune Published Sep 20, 2011 12:20PM
MDT Eric Stroup’s stepdaughter was 14 when she was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. Over the years, more conditions
were added to the list including obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder and
schizophrenia. The ... |
| Community mental health centers under budget cuts
El Dorado Times
By Anonymous One in four adults—approximately 57.7 million Americans—experience
a mental health disorder in a given year Five of the top 10 leading
causes of disability worldwide are mental illnesses such as depression,
schizophrenia, bipolar
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Jury weighs death or life in quintuple
murder case
FOX 11 Tucson
PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona jury began weighing the death penalty or life in
prison Wednesday for a man convicted of murdering a family of five in a
Phoenix suburb in 2006. Jurors began deliberations after hearing arguments
from 34-year-old William Craig Miller's defense attorney, who said his client
should be shown mercy because he has bipolar
disorder and a troubled
childhood. The prosecution ...
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