Bipolar News

Reboot: A Novel of Bipolar Disorder
PsychCentral.com (blog)
After my girlfriend, whom we will call Elle, had her first full-blown manic episode, I began to read several books on bipolar disorder. These included books on medications and the use of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy), which Elle received after being ...

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Bipolar pedigree endophenotypes found
News-Medical.net
Researchers have found cognitive endophenotypes in a single extended family showing linkage of bipolar disorder to a risk locus on chromosome 4. "This family provided a rare opportunity to characterize a neuropsychological endophenotype in a ...

Asenapine for Bipolar Disorder?
dailyRx
(dailyRx News) Mixed episodes in bipolar disorder occur when a person has symptoms of both mania and depression at the same time. Few treatments have been designed to treat mixed episodes. Asenapine, an antipsychotic medicine, is used to treat mania ...

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Going off meds to write my book
Salon
Because it took seven years to stabilize my last “episode” of bipolar disorder — the increasingly severe cycling that started when I hit 39 and my hormones began to fluctuate — a normal phenomenon for women that age but one my bipolar brain could not ...

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Man accused of attempted murder needs evaluation for schizophrenia, bipolar ...
Charleston Gazette
At his arraignment Tuesday, Beverly's lawyer, Tom Price, noted that though a state-appointed psychologist found Beverly competent to stand trial, other psychologists have found that he exhibits signs of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Kanawha ...
Dunbar man pleads not guilty to attempted murder chargeDaily Mail - Charleston

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Bipolar Often Mistaken for Schizophrenia - and Vice Versa
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Schizophrenia.com notes that the illnesses schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are often mistaken for one another. This isn't surprising, as they have many symptoms in common. There are, though, many differences as well, starting with the essential ...

Childhood adversity raises comorbidity risk in bipolar disorder
News-Medical.net
By Liam Davenport, medwireNews Reporter. Childhood adversity, including verbal, physical, or sexual abuse, is associated with the later development of multiple medical comorbidities in patients with bipolar disorder, researchers report. "The current ...

Belfast Telegraph
Catherine Zeta-Jones on Her Battle with Bipolar Disorder
Extra (blog)
... on Her Battle with Bipolar Disorder. January 28, 2013 Candid Confessions. Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones plays a psychiatrist in her new movie, “Side Effects,” and the star opened up to “Extra's” Jerry Penacoli about her own battle with bipolar disorder.
Zeta-Jones to discuss bipolar with childrenBelfast Telegraph

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PsychCentral.com (blog)
Bipolar Disorder in Children: Misunderstood and Misdiagnosed
PsychCentral.com (blog)
Approximately 1.5% of the population, worldwide, bipolar disorder is not uncommon. However, bipolar disorder in children presents differently than it does in adults, an important difference which is not addressed in our current diagnostic manual (DSM ...