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Mental illness
alliance offers free 12-week course
Salisbury Post
Current information about schizophrenia, major depression,
bipolar disorder (manic depression),
panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, borderline
personality disorder, and co-occurring brain disorders and
addictive disorders. ... |
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Caregiving without Controlling
PsychCentral.com (blog)
No two people with bipolar have the same symptom patterns
to the same triggers that resolve with the same meds or
lifestyle changes. My husband's Rapid-Cycling Bipolar
Disorder and Attention Deficit Disorder interact
in such a way that he cannot ... |
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Health Jockey
HealthJockey.com
Fish seems to be reported consistently of showing certain
beneficial attributes, be it with respect to some cancers
or psychiatric illnesses like bipolar disorder. More recently, scientists
from the University of Pittsburgh, have put forth that ... |
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Hinckley not dangerous and should be released, lawyers
say
CNN International
Medical websites describe Risperdal
as an antipsychotic medication often used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Dr. Tyler Jones, director of
psychiatry at St. Elizabeths,
testified Hinckley also started taking Zoloft in 2005 after
... |
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Alleged
swindler Hicks suffers mental illness, lawyer says
Bizjournals.com
The assertion that Hicks suffers from bi-polar disorder
emerged at a hearing held to determine whether he could
be released pending his trial on charges he stole $2.7 million
from victims including Kris Humphries, husband of star Kim
Kardashian. ... |
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New
study looks at mental illness in families
Star Canterbury
The university's Department of Psychological Medicine is
launching a new study called `Understanding families with
mental illness.' The new study will look at Christchurch
families that are strongly affected by mental illness, such
as bipolar disorder, ... |
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Hell
is other people
The Witness
IN 2003, my psychologist and a psychiatrist diagnosed me
with Asperger's syndrome and attention deficit disorder. Last
year, I was also diagnosed with bipolar
disorder. From Grade 1 to 3, I went to a special
school in Durban called Open Air. ... |
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Yorkey: Screen meets stage in unusual career path
Variety
By Justin Shady Brian Yorkey entered
the world of screenwriting an accomplished playwright and
lyricist -- he penned the book and lyrics for "Next
to Normal," the 2009 Broadway musical about a mother
suffering from bipolar
disorder, which won three ... |
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Bi-polar
disorder is not the end of the world
Ventura County Star
They say bad things happen for a reason, especially in the
life of former CSUN student who has overcome her many struggles
in life and her bipolar disorder. Today, 21-year-old Kinesiology
major, Allison Castillo lived life very lost in her own
world, ... |
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The
right medicine
Tampabay.com
By John Fleming, Times Performing Arts Critic Yes, indeed
they do, and somehow Tom Kitt
(music) and Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics) created a compelling work about
a suburban housewife named Diana Goodman who suffers from
bipolar disorder. ... |
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Boy
Interrupted: Bipolar
Depression and a Teen's Suicide – Where Did ...
PsychCentral.com (blog)
The documentary retraces the life, psychiatric illness and
eventual suicide of Evan Perry, medicated from age 7 and
diagnosed with bipolar disorder age 10. At 15, Evan
killed himself by jumping out the window of the bedroom
he shared with his little ... |
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Mental
health trust reforms legacy of artist's suicide
This is Local London
He was diagnosed with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder in
May 2010 and experienced severe mood swings and suicidal
tendencies before he suffocated himself on December 7. The
23-year-old Parkside Hospital porter was referred to Chessington
community ... |
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Caregiving or Codependency?
PsychCentral.com (blog)
I see bipolar disorder
as an illness (and would argue that Attention Deficit Disorder
is less an illness and more a different kind of wiring in
the brain), so does care-giving for someone with an illness
make me codependent? If he had cancer or kidney ... |
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Introducing
A Moody Marriage
PsychCentral.com (blog)
All of the stress (and stressors) of a long-term relationship
are magnified when one or more of the people in the relationship
is dealing with serious mental health issues, such as depression
or bipolar disorder. Mental illness amplifies existing ... |
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Peer
Counseling Aids Mental Illness Recovery
Voice of America
The mental health, wellness and recovery center works to
help people who suffer from depression, bipolar disorder,
panic attacks and other disorders that can alter thought,
mood or behavior. One in five adults in America suffers
from some form of ... |
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Let's
talk life
Jamaica Gleaner
I am also on medication for bipolar
disorder, which came on before I was diagnosed as
having hyperthyroidism. I was not aware that mental health
is influenced by the thyroid gland. Thanks for your letter
because this is a very important topic. ... |
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If troubled kids aren't bipolar, then what is troubling them?
Minneapolis Star Tribune
For every 10 kids who enter Elmore Academy, a correctional
facility in southern Minnesota, three or four take psychotropic
drugs for bipolar disorder or mood problems.
By the time they leave, only one or two remain on the potent
medications, ... |
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Mental
Health Disorders
by the Pair
dailyRx
Considering the rarity of mental health diseases such as
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and bipolar
disorder, one would think it would be quite uncommon
for such diseases to occur concurrently in an individual.
However, a new study shows very high ... |
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Foodbank crusader crosses Canada on mission
Windsor Star
WINDSOR, Ont. -- Depression, bipolar
disorder, legal problems, financial collapse and
a slew of naysayers aren't enough to stop Danny Halmo
from his mission. A lot of things, actually: making the
Guinness World Records, entertaining the masses, ... |
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Psychosis
after birth – just how many mums suffer from it?
MadeForMums
Every year about 1000 women in the UK suffer from Postpartum
Psychosis (also called Puerperal Psychosis, Postnatal Psychosis
or Postpartum onset Bipolar Disorder), reports Clare Dolman
from the BBC. “When we're talking about postpartum psychosis,
... |
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House
Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health Hearing
Insurance News Net (press release)
So the major risk factors for suicide are the presence of
an untreated psychiatric disorder (depression, bipolar
disorder, generalized anxiety and substance and alcohol
abuse), the history of a past suicide attempt and a family
history of suicide or ... |
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The Health Risks of Being Left-Handed
Wall Street Journal
Research that suggests that there is a link between favoring
the left hand and an increased risk of bipolar
disorder and ADHD, among other conditions. Emily
Nelson has details on Lunch Break. Handedness, as the dominance
of one hand over the other is ... |
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Mom
blames dad in deaths
Tbo.com
That same year, Julie Schenecker
was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder
and severe depression, the documents state. She later was
diagnosed with personality disorder. Parker Schenecker knew his wife went through a manic phase for
... |
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On
Stage 12/6: Carols, classics and a family in crisis
ThirdCoast Digest
The Tony- and Pulitzer-winning show about a family coping
with bipolar disorder will make its regional
premiere in Milwaukee, one of the first cities to stage
a production since the musical closed on Broadway in January.
The production also reunites ... |
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Friends
sell handmade crafts to raise cash for Rethink Mental Illness
Times Series
Ms Dunn said: “We both have friends with bipolar disorder
and we'd had a lot of difficulty trying to get the support
we needed. “When someone is absolutely terrified, as a friend
and a carer you just want to be
able to help them and do the best for the ... |
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Century-Old Brains May Hold Future Of Treatment
For Mentally Ill, Indiana University Pathologist Says
EurekAlert!
( Indiana University School of Medicine ) George Sandusky,
D.V.M., Ph.D., senior research professor of pathology and
laboratory science at the Indiana University School of Medicine,
is working to extract DNA from brains preserved more than
100 years ago. The goal is to improve diagnosis and treatment
for psychological illnesses such as bipolar disorder,
schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress ... |
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Consumer
Reports: The Truth About Fish Oil; Testing Suggests Some
Brands Fall ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Fish oil supplements have become wildly popular, with consumers
taking them to treat a long list of ailments including menstrual
cramps, heart disease, asthma, bipolar disorder, high blood
pressure, depression, psoriasis, attention deficit ... |
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No
psychiatrist wants to go to prison
Times of India
The psychiatrist also recalled a prisoner suffering from
bipolar disorder and cannabis addiction, but now completely
cured and released from jail. "I got a call from a
doctor friend at Nimhans one day,
and she put her autorickshaw driver
on the line. ... |
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Bipolar Sheriff Asked To Clear Up Rumors
WCTI12.com
Davis said his manic bipolar
disorder led him to yell at employees and send inappropriate
emails. Davis said long hours and little sleep as sheriff
led him to hear voices that didn't exist. He began an indefinite
leave from his job two weeks ago. |
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Police Make a Potentially Crucial Break in
Long Island Serial Killer Case
New York Magazine
Shannan Gilbert was bright and
ambitious independent and willful enough to refuse, as a
teenager, to take medication she'd been prescribed for bipolar
disorder, yet smart and driven enough
to finish high school a year early. She worked at a hotel,
an Applebee's, and a senior center before moving to New
Jersey from upstate New York. She wanted to be a singer,
and when the auditions didn't lead ... |
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Teen Mom's Amber Portwood:
"I've Been Diagnosed With Extreme Bipolar and Disassociative Disorder"
E! Online
Amber Portwood is opening up like
never before. "I was diagnosed with bipolar
disorder
three years ago. I struggle with it. I hate it. I grieve
over it," the Teen Mom star told... |
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Sarah Litzsinger,
Tony Winner Jarrod Emick, Tim
Young Are Next to Normal in Milwaukee
Playbill
Beauty and the Beast's Sarah Litzsinger
stars as Diana, a mother battling depression and bipolar disorder,
in the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's production of the Pulitzer
Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, which is currently
in previews prior to an official opening Dec. 9 in The Rep’s Quadracci Powerhouse. |
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