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Brain Tissue Loss Linked With Manic Depression

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People with bipolar disorder -- or manic depression -- suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found.The study shows for the first time that bipolar disorder -- a condition characterised by periods of depression and periods of mania -- is ...

read more People with bipolar disorder -- or manic depression -- suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found.The study shows for the first time that bipolar disorder -- a condition characterised by periods of depression and periods of mania -- is read more Tue Aug 2007 Tue Aug 2007

Study To Evaluate Lithium For Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are participating in a national study to evaluate lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents."Lithium is the prototype mood stabilizer for treating adult bipolar disorder, but it is not FDA-approved for use in kids y ...

read more Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are participating in a national study to evaluate lithium for the treatment of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents. read more Tue Aug 2007 Tue Aug 2007

Bipolar Disorder: Psychiatrists Are Taking A New Approach That Aims To Treat Not Just Symptoms But The Whole Person

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Bipolar disorder is the name now used to describe Manic Depression - the condition where mood veers between two poles or extremes - one of euphoria (mania) and the other of despair (depression). Most of us know of it - if only because of famous sufferers such as Vincent van Gogh - but although b ...

read more Bipolar disorder is the name now used to describe Manic Depression - the condition where mood veers between two poles or extremes - one of euphoria (mania) and the other of despair (depression). Most of us know of it - if only because of famous sufferers such as Vincent van Gogh - but although b read more Tue Aug 2007 Tue Aug 2007

FDA Issues Approvable Letter For RISPERDAL(R) To Treat Adolescents With Schizophrenia And Children And Adolescents With Bipolar Mania

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Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. (J&JPRD) announced it has received an approvable letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding two supplemental New Drug Applications (sNDA) for RISPERDAL(R) (risperidone), filed on Dec. 21, 2006. [click link for fu ...

read more Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. (J&JPRD) announced it has received an approvable letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding two supplemental New Drug Applications (sNDA) for RISPERDAL(R) (risperidone), filed on Dec. 21, 2006. [click link for fu read more Tue Aug 2007 Tue Aug 2007

Comorbidities Common In Bipolar Disorder, May Have Genetic Link

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While the symptoms of bipolar disorder can be disabling on their own, most patients with the condition also are afflicted with a variety of other psychiatric, substance use and physical disorders. These comorbid conditions can complicate treatment and diagnosis. Research findings on genetic links be ...

read more While the symptoms of bipolar disorder can be disabling on their own, most patients with the condition also are afflicted with a variety of other psychiatric, substance use and physical disorders. These comorbid conditions can complicate treatment and diagnosis. Research findings on genetic links be read more Tue Aug 2007 Tue Aug 2007

Information On Bipolar Risk Genes At Researchers Fingertips Thanks To New Databases

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A novel, free, public online database opening this week should greatly speed efforts to find genes linked to increased risk of bipolar disorder. [click link for full article] ...

read more A novel, free, public online database opening this week should greatly speed efforts to find genes linked to increased risk of bipolar disorder. [click link for full article] read more Tue Aug 2007 Tue Aug 2007

"Wake-Up Pill" Under Study To Treat Patients With Bipolar Disorder

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A preliminary study of 85 patients with bipolar disorder shows that a drug used to treat patients with sleep disorders might also control the depressive symptoms associated with bipolar disorder. At least 44 percent of the participants in the study reported improved symptoms, a noteworthy improvemen ...

read more A preliminary study of 85 patients with bipolar disorder shows that a drug used to treat patients with sleep disorders might also control the depressive symptoms associated with bipolar disorder. At least 44 percent of the participants in the study reported improved symptoms, a noteworthy improvemen read more Tue Aug 2007 Tue Aug 2007

University Of Cincinnati Receives $9M Grant For Bipolar Disorder Research

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Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have been awarded a $9 million five-year grant to find new ways to improve and personalize treatments for bipolar disorder, and to better understand how to identify this brain disorder earlier with the goal of preventing disease progression.Bipolar di ...

read more Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have been awarded a $9 million five-year grant to find new ways to improve and personalize treatments for bipolar disorder, and to better understand how to identify this brain disorder earlier with the goal of preventing disease progression.Bipolar di read more Tue Aug 2007 Tue Aug 2007

Advances In Understanding Bipolar Disorder

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The International Conference on Bipolar Disorder, held every two years, is the only venue in the world devoted exclusively to highlighting new research into understanding bipolar disorder, which affects both adults and children, devastates families, accounts for nearly half of all suicides in the Un ...

read more The International Conference on Bipolar Disorder, held every two years, is the only venue in the world devoted exclusively to highlighting new research into understanding bipolar disorder, which affects both adults and children, devastates families, accounts for nearly half of all suicides in the Un read more Sun Jun 2007 Sun Jun 2007

Barr Announces Tentative Approval For A Generic Version Of Risperdal(R) Tablets, 0.25 Mg, 0.5 Mg, 1 Mg, 2 Mg, 3 Mg And 4 Mg

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Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL) today announced that its subsidiary PLIVA has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its generic version of Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, L.P.'s Risperdal(R) (Risperidone) Tablets, 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg a ...

read more Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BRL) today announced that its subsidiary PLIVA has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its generic version of Janssen Pharmaceutica Products, L.P.'s Risperdal(R) (Risperidone) Tablets, 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg a read more Wed Jun 2007 Wed Jun 2007

Recall Of Counterfeit Zyprexa Batches, UK

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The MHRA has been alerted to three counterfeit batches of Zyprexa (Olanzapine) 10 mg tablets. This drug is used in the treatment for patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and similar conditions. The MHRA has issued a drug alert to recall this product from the market, to minimise the risk to ...

read more The MHRA has been alerted to three counterfeit batches of Zyprexa (Olanzapine) 10 mg tablets. This drug is used in the treatment for patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and similar conditions. The MHRA has issued a drug alert to recall this product from the market, to minimise the risk to read more Tue May 2007 Tue May 2007

Bipolar Depression Focus Of Research Study - Indiana University Department Of Psychiatry Seeks Participants

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Indiana University Department of Psychiatry seeks participants with bipolar disorder who are experiencing depression for a medication study. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of Memantine (nameneda) in the treatment of bipolar depression. [click link for full article] ...

read more Indiana University Department of Psychiatry seeks participants with bipolar disorder who are experiencing depression for a medication study. The study will evaluate the effectiveness of Memantine (nameneda) in the treatment of bipolar depression. [click link for full article] read more Thu May 2007 Thu May 2007

Stephen Fry Named BT Mind Champion Of The Year 2007, UK

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Mental health charity Mind yesterday announced Stephen Fry as BT Mind Champion of the Year at its annual awards ceremony in central London hosted by Melvyn Bragg. Last year, in his BBC documentary The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, Stephen talked candidly about his personal experience of bipol ...

read more Mental health charity Mind yesterday announced Stephen Fry as BT Mind Champion of the Year at its annual awards ceremony in central London hosted by Melvyn Bragg. Last year, in his BBC documentary The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive, Stephen talked candidly about his personal experience of bipol read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

Organon's Asenapine Effective In A Phase III Study For The Treatment Of Bipolar I Disorder; Results Unveiled At 2007 APA Meeting

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Asenapine -- an investigational drug being developed by Organon, the human healthcare business unit of Akzo Nobel, for bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia -- was demonstrated to be more effective than placebo in treating acute manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder, according ...

read more Asenapine -- an investigational drug being developed by Organon, the human healthcare business unit of Akzo Nobel, for bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia -- was demonstrated to be more effective than placebo in treating acute manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder, according read more Tue May 2007 Tue May 2007

Wearable Technology Helps Monitor Mental Illness

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Psychiatric researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine will report important new findings from a study of patients with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia at the upcoming meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, to be held in San Diego May 17-2 ...

read more Psychiatric researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine will report important new findings from a study of patients with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia at the upcoming meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, to be held in San Diego May 17-2 read more Thu May 2007 Thu May 2007

First Genome-Wide Study Of Bipolar Disorder Reveals Its Genetic Roots

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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. However, targeting the enzyme produced by one of these genes could lead ...

read more 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. However, targeting the enzyme produced by one of these genes could lead read more Sun May 2007 Sun May 2007

Brian Quinn, LCSW, PhD., Author Of A New Book On Bipolar Disorder, Discusses The Risks Of Antidepressants In Angry, Agitated Teens

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Dr. Quinn's new book reviews the most up-to-date research on the use of antidepressants in bipolar disorder and provides readers with a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of entire spectrum of bipolar disorders. Eric Harris, one of the shooters at Columbine, was on an antidepressant ...

read more Dr. Quinn's new book reviews the most up-to-date research on the use of antidepressants in bipolar disorder and provides readers with a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of entire spectrum of bipolar disorders. Eric Harris, one of the shooters at Columbine, was on an antidepressant read more Sun May 2007 Sun May 2007

More Than 4 Percent Of US Adults Have Some Form Of Bipolar Disorder, Survey Estimates

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Approximately 4.4 percent of U.S. adults may have some form of bipolar disorder during some point in their lifetime, including about 2.4 percent with a "sub-threshold" condition, according to an article in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. [click lin ...

read more Approximately 4.4 percent of U.S. adults may have some form of bipolar disorder during some point in their lifetime, including about 2.4 percent with a read more Sun May 2007 Sun May 2007

Bipolar Spectrum Disorder May Be Underrecognized And Improperly Treated

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A new study supports earlier estimates of the prevalence of bipolar disorder in the U.S. population, and suggests the illness may be more accurately characterized as a spectrum disorder. It also finds that many people with the illness are not receiving appropriate treatment. [click link for full art ...

read more A new study supports earlier estimates of the prevalence of bipolar disorder in the U.S. population, and suggests the illness may be more accurately characterized as a spectrum disorder. It also finds that many people with the illness are not receiving appropriate treatment. [click link for full art read more Thu May 2007 Thu May 2007

DBSA Anxiety, Depression Awareness Week Survey Underscores Strong Relationship Between Common Mental Disorders

Categorie : Bipolar
People living with depression or bipolar disorder are also likely to have significant problems with anxiety, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, according to an online survey conducted by the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA). The nation's largest patient- run organization focusing on two o ...

read more People living with depression or bipolar disorder are also likely to have significant problems with anxiety, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, according to an online survey conducted by the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA). The nation's largest patient- run organization focusing on two o read more Wed May 2007 Wed May 2007

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