Source: Psych Central
Depressed manUK researchers believe as many as 1 in 4 people diagnosed in primary care with major depressive disorder may actually have bipolar disorder. In a new study, scientists administered bipolar assessments to nearly 800 patients receiving care for depression.
Source: mentalhealthnotes.com
While Lamictal works well for many folks with epilepsy and bipolar disorder, some develop the dreaded "Lamictal rash." Here, a first-hand account from one woman who did.
This video (Episode 1) explains the signs and symptoms bipolar disorder (manic depression). If you suspect that you, or someone you know may be bipolar then you should watch this video. You will learn the common signs and symptoms of this mental illness.
Source: www.mentalhealthnotes.com
It's "Top 10" time over at b5media's Science & Health Channel, and I've created "The Top 10 Things I've Done Since Being Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder" to show that life doesn't end once you've been diagnosed with a mental health condition.
Source: mentalhealthnotes.com
Well, that's it. I'm firing my psychiatrist. Not a drastic move, I don't think, since he told me I would be perfectly fine if I abruptly stopped taking an anticonvulsant medication.
We are seeing massive increases in the diagnoses of psychiatric disorders in America's children. In 1994, there were twenty thousand documented cases of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Today, there are 800 thousand cases. That's forty times as many diagnoses!
Source: mentalhealthnotes.com
This week's edition deals with increases in children's mental health diagnosis, psychiatry and religion, colors affecting your moods, hyperactive kids, and your favorite tunes.
Once more our kids are about to be exploited, all to the greater good of psychiatry and Big Pharma. Over 300 articles listed in Google News yesterday screamed about some "new study" showing a huge increase in bipolar kids.
Source: The New York Times
The number of American children and adolescents treated for bipolar disorder increased 40-fold from 1994 to 2003.
Source: The L.A. Times
The diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents has risen fortyfold since 1994, according to a study released Monday. But researchers partly attributed the dramatic rise to doctors over-diagnosing the serious psychiatric disorder.
Source: mentalhealthnotes.com
Is science stepping on the toes of love, or can we really explain everything away with a scientific explanation?
Source: Medical News Today
People with bipolar disorder -- or manic depression -- suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found.
Source: BBC News
People with bipolar disorder suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, UK researchers have found. Imaging studies carried out four years apart showed loss of brain tissue in the areas controlling memory, face recognition and co-ordination.
Source: Science News Online
In a sweeping demonstration of the power of the new biology, researchers have linked two dozen genetic variations to six major diseases.
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The likelihood of developing bipolar disorder depends in part on the combined, small effects of variations in many different genes in the brain, none of which is powerful enough to cause the disease by itself, a new study shows.
Source: New Scientist
Rebecca Riley seemed a normal, playful young child, if at times a little boisterous. Then, aged 2, she was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and at 3 as having a bipolar personality.
Source: Genetic Archaeology
The likelihood of developing bipolar disorder depends in part on the combined, small effects of variations in many different genes in the brain, none of which is powerful enough to cause the disease by itself, a new study shows.
Source: Science Daily
The likelihood of developing bipolar disorder depends in part on the combined, small effects of variations in many different genes in the brain, none of which is powerful enough to cause the disease by itself, a new study shows.
Source: Associated Content
This is an intimate article about how Bi-Polar Disorder affects one young woman and how she has coped with her changing life.
Source: Science: Current Issue
What does a laboratory mouse have in common with Napoleon? Not much, if the mouse's internal clock is ticking normally. But mutate an essential timekeeper gene, and the rodent develops something akin to bipolar disorder, the mental illness that afflicted the famous French general.
Source: EurekAlert!
Results of a new study may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of two debilitating childhood mental disorders -- pediatric bipolar disorder (BD) and a syndrome called severe mood dysregulation (SMD).
Source: nimh.nih.gov
People with bipolar disorder tend to share similarities in certain characteristics with other members of their families, NIMH-funded researchers have shown.
Source: The New York Times
Eli Lilly pushed Zyprexa, a drug for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, as a treatment for older patients with dementia, according to marketing materials.
Source: Examiner
Having a mental illness makes every new day a challenge, a Mowbray woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder told 60 mental health professionals in Launceston yesterday.