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:: 27 July, 2008
It's estimated that about 1 percent of the population has bipolar disorder. However, some researchers suggest that bipolar disorder occurs on a continuum, and that many more people may have other forms of the disorder, pushing its prevalence as...
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:: 27 July, 2008
When doctors suspect someone has bipolar disorder, they typically run a battery of medical and psychological tests and exams. These can help rule out other problems, pinpoint a diagnosis and also check for any related complications.
These...
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:: 23 July, 2008
People use the term mood to describe the emotional tones that color their daily lives. Moods are everywhere and ubiquitous; everyone has them. Moods may be happy or sad; energized or sluggish; embodying various combinations of emotional states....
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:: 23 July, 2008
Everybody knows what it's like to feel anxious -- the butterflies in your stomach before a first date, the tension you feel when your boss is angry, and the way your heart pounds if you're in danger. Anxiety rouses you to action. It gears you up...
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:: 23 July, 2008
New mouse strains engineered to express human genes related to mental disorders are being developed under a recently-launched grant program from NIMH’s Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science. The new models are designed to help...
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:: 12 July, 2008
Bipolar disorder is one of the most complex and challenging mental disorder in the spectrum. Bipolar disorder is typically associated with considerable acute and longterm treatment needs and may be associated in the course of illness with times of...
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:: 12 July, 2008
Seeing a psychologist or other mental health professional isn't an unusual thing; in fact it's relatively common. Nearly three in ten U.S. adults (29%) report that they have received treatment or therapy from a psychologist or other mental health...
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:: 12 July, 2008
What do you do when you want to let the bipolar community know about scholarships for people with bipolar disorder, but soon discover that support for bipolar students is still far too rare? Why donate a scholarship yourself of course.
The...
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:: 03 July, 2008
Teens with bipolar disorder are at greater risk of smoking and substance abuse, says a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study that supports previous research."This work confirms that bipolar disorder in adolescents is a huge risk factor for...
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:: 03 July, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first generic versions of Risperdal (risperidone) tablets. Risperdal is an antipsychotic drug used for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder,and other psychiatric conditions.
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:: 16 May, 2008
Some British researchers have studied the action of ketamine, an anesthetic drug that
decreases rapidly symptoms of depression, using images of brain activity.The
research, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, shows that ketamine
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:: 06 May, 2008
Being lonely is a normal part of our everyday lives. We get sad when we fail in our exams, when we're rejected by the person we love, or when someone very close to us passes away. Depression, however, could be more fatalthan just plain loneliness....
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:: 27 April, 2008
The recent media coverage around the study of french magazine "60 million consumers," focused attention on the dangers of smoking cannabis. " The recent media coverage around the study of french magazine "60 million consumers," focused attention...
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:: 27 April, 2008
This group meets a set of mental disorders have in common a demonstrable organic etiology, a type of brain disease or injury, or injury resulting in a malfunction of the brain-dysfunction may be primary is the case of diseases, injuries or damage...
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:: 24 April, 2008
Despite intriguing findings that omega-3 fatty acid supplements could alleviate depression symptoms, there is still not enough evidence to say whether omega-3s are useful treatments for people with bipolar disorder, according to a review of recent...
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:: 24 April, 2008
Lisa Sloan has had a rough couple of years, but things are starting to look up.
Her husband Dale, 56, has landed a union job at Safeway and they have an affordable place to live. Two years ago, they were living in the Lookout Aid Society...
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:: 15 March, 2008
Two grants have been recently awarded to the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI) from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to research focused on the...
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:: 12 March, 2008
“NAMI asks Rockstar Games to recall or further modify the videogame Manhunt2 due to its irresponsible, stereotyped portrayal of mental illness. We also ask retailers to be responsible in responding to public health concerns.
Even though some...
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:: 12 March, 2008
Mental health services and community-based services, such as personal care attendants, are unavailable to many American Indians in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, according to report recently released by the Native American Disability Law...
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:: 10 March, 2008
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the supplemental New Drug Application for ABILIFY® (aripiprazole) for the acute treatment of manic and mixed...
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