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Bipolar Often Diagnosed as Depression

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.

7 Things You Need To Know About The Lamictal Rash

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.

What is Bipolar Disorder? What is manic depression? (Video)

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.

The Top 10 Things I've Done Since Being Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder

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.

I'm Firing My Psychiatrist

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.

Education & Bipolar Disorder

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!

Saturday Sanity: From Hyperactive Kids To The Music You Love

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.

Exploiting Kids to Make Pharma Money

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.

Bipolar Illness Soars as a Diagnosis for the Young

Source: The New York Times

The number of American children and adolescents treated for bipolar disorder increased 40-fold from 1994 to 2003.

Bipolar disorder in youths may be over-diagnosed

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.

There Is A Fine Line Between Love and Mental Illness

Source: mentalhealthnotes.com

Is science stepping on the toes of love, or can we really explain everything away with a scientific explanation?

Brain Tissue Loss Linked With Manic Depression

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.

Bipolar disorder 'shrinks brain'

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.

Guilt by Association: Whole-genome scans yield disease clues

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.

Genetic Roots of Bipolar Disorder Revealed by First Genome-Wide Study of Illness

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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.

Bipolar children - is the US overdiagnosing?

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.

Genetic Roots Of Bipolar Disorder Revealed

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.

Genetic Roots Of Bipolar Disorder Revealed By First Genome-wide Study Of Illness

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.

Bipolar Disorder: Inside My Mind - Associated Content

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.

Bipolar Disorder Is All in the Timing

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.

Extreme irritability -- is it childhood bipolar disorder?

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).

Different Families, Different Characteristics – Different Kinds of Bipolar Disorder?

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.

Drug Files Show Maker Promoted Unapproved Use

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.

Mental health: Victoria tells it like it is

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.