Bipolar Disorder

May Is Mental Health Month 2012

May is Mental Health Month 2012

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Bipolar disorder, also known as , is an illness involving one or more episodes of great excitement and depression. The illness causes a person's mood to swing from excessively “high” and/or irritable to sad and hopeless, with periods of …
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Separating What's Bipolar From What's Not

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Remember: Blaming all relationship issues on bipolar disorder isn't fair to the person who has bipolar and may mask non-bipolar related issues, but not acknowledging that bipolar disorder may be the root cause of relationship issues isn't fair to …
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Bipolar Symptoms May Begin in Teen Years: Study

Bipolar symptoms may begin in teen years: study

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May 9 (Reuters) – The number of teenagers who have experienced mania, a hallmark of bipolar disorder, is close to the number of adults estimated to have the mood disorder, suggesting that for many the condition begins during adolescence, according to a …
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A new look at nature of mood disorder

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By age 12, doctors diagnosed him with bipolar disorder. The idea that he had a chronic mental illness – one typically marked in adulthood by manic periods followed by depression – frightened him. “It's something you think you'll have your entire life …
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Childhood Bipolar Boom: More Cases or Misdiagnoses?

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Bipolar Disorder Symptoms May Begin in Teen Years [STUDY]

Bipolar Disorder Symptoms May Begin in [STUDY]

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The number of teenagers who have experienced mania — a hallmark of bipolar disorder — is close to the number of adults estimated to have the mood disorder, suggesting that for many the condition begins during adolescence, according to a new study.
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Proposed Diagnosis for Bipolar Disorder Divides Psychiatrists – Boston Globe

Proposed diagnosis for bipolar disorder divides psychiatrists – Boston Globe

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Proposed diagnosis for bipolar disorder divides psychiatrists
Boston Globe
By Patricia Wen Steve Thompson (right, with brother David) was diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a child but the diagnosis has since been dropped. As a child, Steve Thompson displayed outsized reactions to ordinary events and intense mood swings.
Bipolar symptoms may begin in teen yearsChicago Tribune
International Bipolar Foundation releases 'Healthy Living with Bipolar Rancho Santa Fe Review
Comparing Medications for Bipolar in TeensdailyRx

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Gifts of the MAGI in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder – Science Daily ()

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Gifts of the MAGI in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
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Led by principal investigator and senior author Dr. Silvia Paddock, they examined genetic variations in families with bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, and schizoaffective disorder. These disorders have high overlapping genetic risk and are

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Bipolar Rise in Kids Drives Debate

Bipolar Rise in Kids Drives Debate

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A bipolar may not only stigmatize a child, but also lead to harms from medications, feeling set apart from other kids and having future hopes dashed.
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Bipolar symptoms may begin in teen years

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The number of teenagers who have experienced mania — a hallmark of bipolar disorder — is close to the number of adults estimated to have the mood disorder, suggesting that for many the condition begins during adolescence, according to a new study. "The traditional wisdom has been that mania begins in your 20s and 30s," said Kathleen Ries Merikangas, the study's lead …
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Bipolar Disorder Has Its Upside, Patients Say

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New Book Helps Readers Find Order in Disorder

New Book Helps Readers Find Order in Disorder

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Author diagnosed with bipolar disorder pens new inspirational book, “Mind Over Medicine”Murray, UT (PRWEB) May 03, 2012 In the 2001 Academy Award-winning film, “A Beautiful Mind,” Russell Crowe played Nobel Prize-winner John Nash, a brilliant mathematician paranoid schizophrenia. This movie inspired a personal breakthrough for author Michael J. Ochinero, who was diagnosed having …
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