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Finding order in bipolar disorder  -  25 Mar 2008
Tucson Citizen,Scanning through books about bipolar disorder, Tucsonan Kate McLaughlin found nothing that described the mental illness in an uplifting way.

The Canadian Holistic Nutrition Conference-Feeding Minds: Mental ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Market Wire (press release)Recent statistics provided by Colombia University indicate that bipolar disorder has become a veritable epidemic. Some psychiatrists suspect that under

Public Safety: Crime  -  25 Mar 2008
Tampabay.com,She had severe mood swings every day because of bipolar disorder, court records show. She was involuntarily hospitalized at least twice.

Home Bi-Polar Test Kits Cause Mixed Emotions  -  25 Mar 2008
Medgadget.com,However, out of San Diego we have the story of Dr. John Kelsoe, who's applying his genetic research on the genetic predictors of bipolar disorder to sell an

If/then consequences and the case of Britney Spears  -  25 Mar 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,The most likely problem, according to experts, is bipolar disorder. A sufferer intermittently explodes into hyper-energized mania, sometimes generating

Bipolar Fountain Hill man gets 1-5 years for arsons  -  25 Mar 2008
Allentown Morning Call,In addition to bipolar disorder, he also suffers from delusional behavior. When Hidalgo was arrested for the second fire, police say he told them he had set

Treatment of bipolar inmate was deplorable  -  25 Mar 2008
The Tennessean,Though diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a brutal mental illness that can cause delusions and violent behavior, they didn't treat Frank Horton.

Early treatment, lifestyle changes can alleviate migraine suffering  -  25 Mar 2008
Arizona Republic,Families with migraine often also have other serotonin disorders, such as depression, anxiety disorder, and bipolar disorder. Many things, lack of sleep,

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Issues Related to ...  -  25 Mar 2008
Kaiser network.org,...who in February began selling his take-home genetic test for bipolar disorder on the Internet for $399 (Wohlsen, AP/San Francisco Chronicle , 3/24).

Mental health care coverage may get boost  -  25 Mar 2008
Tucson Citizen,An estimated 100000 people in the greater Tucson area have a serious mental illness diagnosis such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression,

Jurors Reach Verdict In Microwaved-Baby Trial  -  25 Mar 2008
Click 2 Houston.com,Cammack said Mauldin has been hearing voices since he was 10 and had psychosis, bipolar disorder, severe depression and schizophrenia that was never treated

Home Bipolar Disorder Test Causes Stirs  -  Mar 22, 2008
The Associated PressSAN DIEGO (AP) — Dr. John Kelsoe has spent his career trying to identify the biological roots of bipolar disorder. In December, he announced he had

Activities for Mood Stabilization  -  Mar 24, 2008
OUPblog,Living With Bipolar Disorder: A Guide For Individuals and Families by Michael W. Otto, Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington, Robert O. Knauz, Aude Henin and Jane N.

Stars Suffer the Ravages of Bipolar Disorder  -  Mar 21, 2008
ABC News..."There is such a thing known as artistic temperament," said Dr. Igor Galynker, director of The Family Center for Bipolar Disorder at Beth Israel Medical

At-Home Test For Bipolar Disorder Causes Concern  -  Mar 23, 2008
RedOrbit,Kelsoe admits that bipolar disorder is likely the result of a combination of both genetic and life experience factors, and that the presence of certain gene

Oestrogen may Hold Cure for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder in Women  -  Mar 19, 2008
TamilStar.com,In another trial, women with bipolar disorder were given the breast cancer drug tamoxifen during a 28-day period. Kulkarni said that women with bipolar

Bipolar Disorder: Manic Mouse Made With One Gene Missing  -  Mar 12, 2008
Science Daily (press release)12, 2008) — Bipolar Disorder (BPD or manic-depressive illness) is one of the most serious of all mental disorders, affecting millions of individuals

Love Rollercoaster: Dating With Bipolar Disorder  -  Mar 13, 2008
AlterNet,By Justin Clark, Nerve.com. Posted March 13, 2008. It's easy to confuse love with mania -- the trouble is that love is fleeting. There's no cure for bipolar

Dealing with bipolar disorder is a constant battle  -  Mar 19, 2008
Belleville View,I have manic-depression, which is a type of bipolar disorder. What does this mean: it means that without being on medication and taking care of myself the

Tamoxifen May Help Treat Mania In Patients With Bipolar Disorder  -  Mar 3, 2008
Science Daily (press release)..."The role of tamoxifen per se in the treatment of bipolar disorder still remains to be determined, but its anti-estrogen effects are likely to present a

Breast Cancer Drug Might Treat Bipolar Disorder  -  Mar 3, 2008
U.S. News & World Report,Whether or not tamoxifen will become a mainstay of treatment for bipolar disorder remains to be seen, however. "The bad news is [that] this is something we

Breast Cancer Drug May Help Bipolar Disorder, Scientists Find  -  Mar 3, 2008
BloombergBy Elizabeth Lopatto March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Tamoxifen, the generic breast cancer drug, may help control mania in people with bipolar disorder,

Bipolar Disorder Can Pose Challenges for a Career  -  Mar 3, 2008
ABC NewsAnd for 5.7 million American adults who have bipolar disorder, their illness can have serious ramifications for their careers.

Blood test could reveal bipolar disorder  -  Feb 25, 2008
MSNBCBy Steve Mitchell A blood test could be used to diagnose and assess the severity of certain mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, according to a new

Abilify Approved for Children With Bipolar Disorder  -  Feb 29, 2008
Forbes,FRIDAY, Feb. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Abilify (aripiprazole) to treat manic and mixed episodes in children

Study: Blood Test May Determine Bipolar Disorder  -  Feb 26, 2008
FOXNewsA simple blood test could now diagnose and help treat patients suffering from bipolar disorder, according to new research from Indiana University’s School

Depression: Causes, symptoms and treatment  -  Mar 21, 2008
Petoskey News-Review,Others forms include psychotic depression, postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and bipolar disorder. Dysthymic disorder may be

Patients taught about mental health  -  Mar 22, 2008
Daily Herald,Both women have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and both asked their last names not be given for security reasons. "I would not be here on a Friday

How to distinguish and manage bipolar disorder  -  Mar 11, 2008
Pulse,Psychiatrist Professor John Geddes answers Dr Kathryn Griffith’s questions about distinguishing type 1 bipolar disorder from type 2, treating acute mania

CU Professor's New Book Offers Tips To Parents Of Bipolar Teenagers  -  Mar 19, 2008
CU Boulder News & Events,Miklowitz, who has pioneered a family-oriented treatment method of bipolar disorder for more than 25 years, recently released the book "The Bipolar Teen:

2nd genetic code could provide clues to schizophrenia, bipolar ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
CBC News,New Canadian research suggests chemical changes to genes may trigger the altered brain functions resulting in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder,

Woman recalls fall that eventually led to Broughton's decertification  -  Mar 23, 2008
Asheville Citizen-Times,Arwine has bipolar disorder, and she takes lithium to control her symptoms. Lithium is effective in doses that are just below toxic levels, so patients must

One Family’s Mission: Bring Awareness to Bipolar Disorder  -  Mar 12, 2008
PRLog.Org (press release),In their new heartbreaking book, The Tattered Tapestry, the Smiths recount the anguish and pain they went through during daughter Karla’s bipolar disorder

Molecular changes with bipolar disorder identified  -  Mar 12, 2008
Medicexchange,In the first study to use 1H NMR spectroscopy to examine post-mortem brain tissue from patients with bipolar disorder, researchers have identified several

The Spirit of Discovery: Pioneering medical discoveries  -  Mar 17, 2008
CNN InternationalHe made huge gains in healing the brain through his work with sufferers of bipolar disorder by discovering that lithium salts -- a naturally occurring

Excellence of Korean Psychiatrists, Nurses  -  Mar 24, 2008
Korea Times,Yet these days, people suffering from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are considered by the Korean society, at large, as having significant issues.

Depressed Katona checks into Priory  -  Mar 20, 2008
The Press AssociationBut a spokeswoman for Katona's agent, Max Clifford, said she was being treated for her ongoing bipolar disorder. She said: "As everyone knows, Kerry suffers

NIMH Offering $5M for Genomic Approaches to Bipolar Disorder ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),The funding, which will go to both R01 and R01 collaborative awards, is aimed at expanding existing resources for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Chasing away the black dog  -  Mar 12, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Bipolar disorder is at risk of becoming a blanket term for bad behaviour, writes Robert Westhead, who has the condition. At times, it seems as though

Bipolar Disorder  -  Mar 7, 2008
About - News & Issues,Bipolar Disorder is also known as Manic Depression. Persons with this disorder have intense mood swings which are much more extreme than the moods that most

Sandy Creek man says bipolar disorder led him to shake newborn  -  Mar 7, 2008
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com,Sandy Creek, NY -- Joseph P. Jordan Jr. told a state police investigator that his bipolar disorder led him to violently shake his newborn son in September

AstraZeneca submits Seroquel XR to FDA for major depressive ...  -  Feb 29, 2008
CNNMoney.com...associated with bipolar disorder and the treatment of depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder -- these remain under review by the FDA.

Blood test hope for mood disorder  -  Feb 29, 2008
BBC News,The findings are based on genetic analysis of blood samples from 96 patients with bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression.

Knife Ordeal Forces Star Into Priory  -  Mar 19, 2008
Sky News,The former Atomic Kitten singer is being treated for bipolar disorder, a form of manic depression which she has battled for several years.

Treatment of Rapid-Cycling Bipolar Disorder: Are Antidepressants ...  -  Mar 3, 2008
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)A century ago, rapid-cycling bipolar disorder was not observed. Either classic nosologists, such as Kraepelin, simply missed it or it did not exist.

NARSAD's 5th Annual 'Mission Possible' Symposium Offers Insight to ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
PR Newswire (press release),A published author in the areas of PTSD and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, he is also an expert on PTSD in the general population,

New treatment found for skeletal muscle disorder  -  Mar 23, 2008
Daily Pilot,A new study shows that lithium chloride, normally used to treat bipolar disorder, is an effective means to slow inclusion body myositis, or IBM,

Breast Cancer Drug Tamoxifen May Decrease Mania Of Bipolar Disorder  -  Mar 5, 2008
Medical News Today,The drug tamoxifen is usually used to treat breast cancer, but researchers say that it also may reduce symptoms of mania in people with bipolar disorder.

FDA Clears Abilify for Use in Teens with Bipolar Disorder  -  Mar 3, 2008
eFluxMediaBy Anna Boyd The US Food and Drug Administration cleared Abilify (aripiprazole) Friday for treatment of bipolar disorder in adolescents, the Wall Street

Psychiatrist says baby-microwave suspect had mental illness  -  Mar 19, 2008
Dallas Morning News,Fuller also testified he has seen no evidence where he could diagnose Mauldin with suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or mania.

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