| Awareness
key to treat bipolar disorder
The Orion
It can't be authoritatively tested for, but it's all too obvious:
I have bipolar disorder. Instead of admitting that I have a mental
malfunction, it would be much easier to think that I'm still in
control but just weak and unwilling to control my ... |
| Postpartum
Depression to Bipolar Disorder
Technorati
When this again lingered and the symptoms excelled, I became the
face of Bipolar II Disorder. My point? Mental illness can strike
at any time at any age. I had two successful pregnancies and periods
of postpartum wellness. After having my third I was ... |
| Bipolar
man fights eviction from Ramapo senior complex
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Stephen Repanti, 55, who has bipolar
disorder, has been a resident at the Spook Rock senior citizen
complex at 200 Dashew Drive since he was 45. The property, owned by Arco
Management Corp., provides Section 8 housing for people ages 62
years and older ... |
| Cigna
Receives Gold Award for Best Practices in Empowering, Protecting
Consumers
MarketWatch (press release)
Bipolar disorder is a chronic mental health disorder characterized
by cycling manic and depressive episodes that disrupt healthy,
functional lives. It is the sixth leading cause of disability
worldwide. Despite recent advances in medication treatments, ... |
| Bipolar
and schizophrenia reversible
Healthcare Today
New evidence has emerged that up to a third of all cases of schizophrenia
and bipolar disorder could be caused by the environment and not
genes and may be reversed. Researchers from King's College London
made the discovery when they examined 22 pairs ... |
| Press
Release – Mental Health Foundation
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Both this book and the earlier one share New Zealanders' experiences
of Bipolar Affective Disorder and Georgie
(who lives with the disorder) wants the stories to challenge misconceptions
about bipolar disorder, reduce discrimination and to promote ... |
| NSW
MPs reject motion to sack magistrate
Sydney Morning Herald
A Sydney magistrate suffering from a bipolar disorder has survived
a motion for his sacking in the NSW upper house, despite many
MPs criticising him for a lack of contrition
over four cases of misconduct. After a debate lasting three hours,
... |
| Antidepressant-Induced
Mania Similar to Bipolar
Disorder
PsychCentral.com
By Candace Czernicki Managing
News Editor Depressive patients with antidepressant-induced
“manic switches” show similar clinical features as individuals
with bipolar disorder, research shows. The findings suggest that people
who were previously ...
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| Expert
in depression, bipolar disorder visits Corvallis for two public
events
OregonLive.com
Her lecture, focusing on clinical and personal realities of depression
and bipolar disorder, begins at 7 pm Monday, Oct. 24, in Austin
Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center, on the OSU campus. At 9 am Tuesday,
Oct. 25, she'll lead a discussion based on ... |
| Psychiatry
under fire
Examiner.com
And in the psychiatry emergency room at Jefferson there are spot
diagnoses of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder made based on
momentary evaluations with dangerous depot shots of neuroleptics,
which can cause brain damage, being used as if they are ... |
| Mentally
ill pose challenge to calm
Virginia Gazette
Bryan Sanderson of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of
the Williamsburg Area need only recall five years ago. Diagnosed
with bipolar disorder, he was arrested for two bank robberies
in York County. He was later found not guilty by reason of ... |
| Davi's work with mentally ill not in vain
Brockville Recorder and Times
Submitted Photo Davi (David) Freire,
27, took his life a year ago following a long battle with bipolar
disorder. He helped many others during his lifetime who were suffering
from mental illness and now his mother, Augusta Waddell of Iroquois,
... |
| Out
of the Shadows: A young girl's struggle with the stigma associated
with ...
WBEZ
The Out of the Shadows kicks off Monday. On Friday, listeners
will meet Joey, who's finding the silver lining in bipolar disorder.
Out of the Shadows is supported in part by the TPC Foundation,
a family foundation of Exron Capital Inc. |
| Valpo man sentenced to 77 months in prison for robbing Valpo bank
nwitimes.com
Russell was not being treated at the time for bipolar disorder
and other psychiatric problems. According to court records, Russell
had had a falling out with his mother, who had been paying for
his medication and treatment. Russell, who had a shaved ... |
| Claire
Danes as an agent protecting her 'Homeland'
eTaiwan News
Or is Carrie _ who, by the way, pops pills to manage her bipolar
disorder _ sabotaging her career by obsessively stalking an innocent
man? That is the dicey premise of "Homeland," whose
third episode premieres on Sunday night. Brody is played by Damian
... |
| Jane
Pauley opens up about bipolar disorder
Omaha World-Herald
This week she will tell Omaha audiences about another of her qualities
— mental illness. Pauley will speak about her battle with bipolar
disorder Thursday evening at the Joslyn
Art Museum's Witherspoon Hall in the 15th annual "Breaking
the Silence" ... |
| Premier
calls for national effort on mental health
ABC Online
SPEAKER (extract from advertisement): I recently admitted to having
bipolar disorder. I was worried that people would see me differently,
and they do. MATT WORDSWORTH: The Premier Anna Bligh says Australia
is the only country in the OECD that doesn't ... |
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| Child
mental disorders:
New diagnosis or another dilemma?
Los Angeles Times
Cecelia has been diagnosed with a smorgasbord of psychiatric
disorders — including the controversial diagnosis of child
bipolar disorder — in addition to being called a normal kid.
Experts in pediatric mental health readily acknowledge that
their ...
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| 'Overcoming
Obstacles'
Helena Independent Record
After three divorces, a commitment to a mental hospital, years
of substance abuse, suicide attempts and erratic mood swings,
she was finally diagnosed at age 36 with bipolar disorder. For
the past 26 years, she's been sharing her story about living ... |
| Definitions
of child psychiatric disorders
Los Angeles Times
Bipolar disorder — Severe changes in mood from happy and silly
to extremely angry and irritable. Also includes unrealistically
high self-esteem, rapid speech patterns and risk-taking. Treatment
typically includes mood-stabilizing and antipsychotic ... |
| Rushford
Gets Grants to Teach Mental Health First Aid
Patch.com
Mental health first aid is a 12-hour certification program that
teaches individuals how to recognize the signs and symptoms of
common mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder,
schizophrenia, eating disorders and substance abuse. ... |
| Mental
Health Day: Lessons Learned from a Bipolar Dad
PsychCentral.com (blog)
My Dad lived with Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression) that was
not entirely diagnosed till about a year before he died in 1996.
It was out of control most of his life and growing up in the unstable,
toxic environment lead to many problems. ... |
| Sub-threshold
depression and antidepressants use in a community sample ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
In SD, positive for MDQ and comorbidity
with Panic Disorder (PD) or Generalized Anxiety Disorders (GAD)
are associated with ADs use, whereas the association between a
positive MDQ and ADs use, with a diagnosis of PD or GAD, is not
significant. ... |
| Veteran's
family seeks answers to his death after leaving hospital
Fayetteville Observer
Now they want to know what happened to the 51-year-old Army veteran
and father of six who seemed to be making progress in his treatment
for bipolar disorder - and why he was out on the streets at all.
"This guy is not capable of being out there on his ... |
| Like
Kryptonite to Superman: In Honor of World Mental Health
Day
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Some people, especially those who have experienced hypomania
feel as though the medications flat line them – as we say
in Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, “Normal is boring.” As we discussed
this in Class 6, it struck me that in some ways, ... |
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| Mental
Health and Prisons: A Talk With Pete Earley
HealthyState.org
The former Washington Post reporter began advocating for mental
health issues after struggling to get help for his then college-age
son with bi-polar disorder. His son had been arrested and put
in jail. Pete Earley is an author and
mental health ... |
| Depakote Lawsuits Spurred By Birth Defects and Other Side
Effects
WebWire (press release)
Women treated with Depakote for a bipolar
disorder during the first three months of their pregnancies have
a 1 in 20 risk of giving birth to a baby with a serious birth
defect, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ... |
| Families
reluctant to speak up about suicide
The National
“The hospital did not have a dedicated [juvenile] centre, so he
was among older patients who were acutely psychotic or with bipolar
disorder.” Despite the initial opposition by the boy's family,
the decision to put him in hospital saved his life, ... |
| Psychosis Symptoms May Not Signal Start of Predictable
Course
Psychiatric News
Yet having preclinical or subclinical psychosis symptoms may signal
something else—for example, encroaching bipolar
disorder, dysthymia, obsessive-compulsive
disorder, or social phobia. Wulf Roessler, MD: “My feeling is that these results are of great
... |
| NCCU students want accused classmate readmitted
abc11.com
Classmates claim senior Roddrick
Howell suffers from bipolar
disorder, and Howell says the university's investigation
and punishment are unfair. Howell's alleged victim says
she doesn't feel safe with him around. The alleged assault
happened in the ... |
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| Focus more on mental health: US expert
Ninemsn
"And that mostly has to do with serious mental illnesses
like depression, bipolar
disorder, to some extent PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder),
schizophrenia and a few others. "We need to really bump up
the science in lots of ways and put the kind of ... |
| AstraZeneca settles US Seroquel
XR patent litigation with Accord Healthcare ...
pharmabiz.com
... is approved
in the US in adults for (1) add-on treatment to an antidepressant
for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) who did not
have an adequate response to antidepressant therapy; (2) acute
depressive episodes in bipolar disorder; ... |
| Grupo Ferrer to market Alexza Adasuve
Pharmaceutical Business Review
Grupo Ferrer
International has entered into an agreement for the commercialization
of Alexza Pharmaceuticals' Adasuve
(Staccato loxapine) to treat agitation
in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar
disorder in Europe and Latin America. ... |
| Treating Bipolar
Depression Depends on Evidence, Judgment
Clinical Psychiatry News Digital Network
Treatment of patients with bipolar
disorder in actual practice requires personalization,
including prescribing agents that work and expecting patients
to continue to take them despite possible adverse effects.
Published evidence leaves it unclear how ... |
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| Forest
Labs rises on data for bipolar
mania drug
BusinessWeek
Shares of Forest Laboratories Inc. rose Wednesday after the company
said its experimental bipolar
disorder drug, cariprazine, met
its goal in a late-stage clinical study. THE SPARK: The study
was designed to evaluate cariprazine as a treatment for ... |
| The
importance of Mental Illness
Awareness Week
Foster's Daily Democrat
Oct. 2-8 is Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW), an opportunity
to learn about serious mental illnesses such as major depression,
bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Community Partners marked the event by participating in the annual
"National Alliance ... |
| Mental
health patient becomes educator
Longview News-Journal
Contact the organization at (903) 553-1245 or email namigreaterlongview@yahoo.com.
Prudence Thrasher was 38 when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. “I don't want to say I was glad to get that diagnosis
— I was not glad to be bipolar. ... |
| Methylene Blue Studied for Bipolar as FDA Issues Warning
Psychiatric Times
Its potential to improve symptoms in bipolar
disorder arises from other, possibly neuroprotective
mechanisms including inhibition of nitric oxide synthase
and guanylate cyclase,
according to investigator Martin Alda,
MD and colleagues, ... |
| Alexza to market Adasuve with
private co
Reuters
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Alexza Pharmaceuticals
Inc said it has entered into a marketing partnership with privately
held Grupo Ferrer International for
its drug to treat agitation in patients with schizophrenia or
bipolar disorder. ... |
| Candlelight
Vigil being held during Mental Health Week
Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser
By Nicole Goetz This week marks the annual Mental Health Awareness
Week, educating people about serious mental illnesses such as
major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Approximately one in five Albertans will develop a mental illness
... |
| Entertainment
listings
Vancouver Sun
Winner of for three Tony Awards, and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for
Drama, the story concerns a woman coping with bipolar
disorder. . Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage . Until Oct.
9 . $29-$65, artsclub.com Patrick Street Productions presents
the Tony ... |
| Bipolar
Disorder and Other Mental Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment
EmpowHer
By EmpowHER October 7, 2011 - 8:56am
“Prevention efforts that focus on gender-linked core psychological
processes are likely to be effective in impacting multiple disorders,”
the study states. “In women, these preventative measures might
focus, ... |
| Millionaire's
convictions upheld despite frozen assets
DesMoinesRegister.com
Court records say Krogmann, who had
a history of depression and bipolar disorder, shot his former
girlfriend three times in March 2009 after an unsuccessful attempt
to revive the relationship. Three weeks after the shooting, prosecutors
applied for and ... |
| At
The Mercy Of The Courts
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Mental health courts work by identifying people whose involvement
with the justice system stems from a mental illness, Fitzwater
says. To participate, defendants must have a persistent mental
illness, like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major ... |
| Ride
for mental health making stop
Vernon Morning Star
The Ride Don't Hide project took Schratter,
a Vancouver elementary school teacher who has bipolar disorder,
40000 kilometres across six continents and 30 countries. His hope
is to raise $100000 for youth mental health programs in BC “We
are hoping ... |
| All
is not well
GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
In another recent study it was estimated that 86% of the total
costs of bi-polar disorder (£2 billion in total) were attributable
to lost productivity. In the United States costs of lost productivity
attributable to mental illness were estimated to be ... |
| Press Release
PharmiWeb
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation announces its 23rd Annual
Mental Health Research Symposium featuring 14 leading mental health
researchers sharing new breakthroughs and insights on schizophrenia,
depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, cognitive neuroscience and childhood psychiatric
disorders. |
| Leading Researchers Highlight Key Discoveries
at Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Mental Health Research
Symposium
Newswise
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation announces its 23rd Annual
Mental Health Research Symposium featuring 14 leading mental health
researchers sharing new breakthroughs and insights on schizophrenia,
depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, cognitive neuroscience and childhood psychiatric
disorders. The
event is open to the public at no charge. Registration is required.
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