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Mental Illness linked to heavy cannabis use
Examiner.com
People with mental illness are also 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with a cannabis use disorder. Researchers also found that the rate of cannabis use was higher in patients with personality disorders, bipolar disorder, and other substance use ...

Stereotypes soil reality of mental illness
The Orion
My mother suffers from bipolar disorder, and my younger brother has schizophrenia. When my brother was first diagnosed, I was fearful of how he would cope with his illness, but more than anything I was afraid of how he would be treated by others.

'There is hope for a good life'
Surrey Leader
'There is hope for a good life'. w-letters.jpg. A letter writer shares the story of his own bipolar disorder after reading about what Cyndie Richards is going through in seeking help for her own mentally ill son. Leader file photo. Share this story ...

Show explores living with bipolar disorder
KRBD
The show, ÒLa Folie CirculaireÓ Ð the circular madness Ð takes a personal look at living with mental illness. Photographer Heidi Poet came up with the idea collaboratively with her friend Cat Hindeman who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her 20's.

Frederico Gil diagnosed with bipolar disorder
Tennis World - the place for Tennis News and Tennis Tournament
Tennis - Portugese tennis player Frederico Gil has revealed that he has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Gil, who was ranked as high as no. 62 in the world in April 2011, told the Portugese media A Bola in an interview, "So much has happened, but ...

Suit against UnitedHealth tests mental health coverage rules
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The psychiatrist treating his son for bipolar disorder believed the young man needed two psychotherapy sessions per week to treat the anxiety, psychosis, mania and depression that came with his mental illness. But after paying for several weeks of ...

Google searches about mental illness higher in winter than summer: Study
Sun News Network
Searches for eating disorders decreased 37% during the summer in the U.S. and 42% during summer in Australia. Searches for ADHD dropped 28% and 31%, respectively. Searches for obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder dipped by 18% and ...

Foster Kids' Long Wait for Mental Health Care
TheTyee.ca
He explained that the prescriptions he took at home to manage his bipolar disorder made him fat and depressed (which is why he doesn't take them anymore). He told stories about his group homes, his foster sisters, and leaving the system at 19. Since ...

DSM-5 and Bipolar Disorder: The Asheville Jung Center Explores One of ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
The Asheville Jung Center is exploring the new material that will be in DSM-5 including changes to Bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder has had increasing attention in the media over the last 10 years. It is well known in the general population and even ...