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Sunday | Kevin, M.D.

Understanding psychotic and bipolar disorders

Psychotic and manic depressive disorders can not only disrupt the life of the person suffering with one of these illnesses, but the lives of family and friends as well.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Psychology, Science

Wed May 15, 2013

Examiner.com

Prenatal exposure to the flu may increase risk for a child becoming bipolar

Research has found that flu exposure during pregnancy is associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk of offspring developing bipolar disorder in adulthood, according to the National Insituate of Mental Health .

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Tue May 14, 2013

MediLexicon

The Lancet Series On Bipolar Disorder: Advances In Biological...

Bipolar disorder - where patients experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation to severe depression - is thought to affect roughly 2% of the world's population in its most pronounced forms , with milder forms of the disorder affecting another 2%. A new Lancet Series provides a comprehensive overview of the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Depression, Genetics, Biology, Science, Psychiatry

Mon May 13, 2013

Canada.com

Factsheet: Abilify

Aripiprazole belongs to the group of medications known as antipsychotics . It is used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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Related Topix: Schizophrenia, Medicine, Health, Abilify, Aripiprazola (generic)

PsychCentral

Being Married to a Person with Depression or Bipolar: 6 Survival Tips

Some sobering statistics: Depression has a much greater impact on marital life than rheumatoid arthritis or cardiac disease.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Wedding

Fri May 10, 2013

CiteULike

Improved Detection of Common Variants Associated with Schizophrenia...

Author SummaryGenome-wide association studies have thus far identified only a small fraction of the heritability of common complex disorders, such as severe mental disorders.

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Medical Daily

Genetics And Neurobiology: The Future Of Bipolar Disorder Treatment And Diagnosis

Patients with bipolar disorder experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation to severe depression.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Thu May 09, 2013

NEWS.com.au

Bipolar confusion worries medical experts

MILLIONS of people are being let down by a lack of knowledge about how to diagnose and treat bipolar disorder, according to Australian and international experts.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Depression

PhysOrg Weblog

The Lancet Series on bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder - where patients experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation to severe depression - is thought to affect roughly 2% of the world's population in its most pronounced forms , with milder forms of the disorder affecting another 2%. A new Lancet Series provides a comprehensive overview of the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Depression, Genetics, Biology, Science, Psychiatry

Denver Westword

Comedian Maria Bamford on anxiety, depression and avoiding hecklers

Maria Bamford has long been a comedian of choice for those who enjoy offbeat humor grounded in absurdist, sharply observed character sketches.

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Related Topix: Depression, Health, Maria Bamford, Eric Wareheim, Theater, Arts, Medicine

Tue May 07, 2013

OregonLive.com

Getting enough exercise; migraine drug warning: Healthy Living

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is inclined to think not. The agency reports that only one in five U.S. adults gets the recommended amount of aerobic and muscle strengthening exercise.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Migraine, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Depakote, Valproic Acid (generic), Epilepsy

Independent.ie

What is bipolar II disorder?

WE HAVE recently learnt that Welsh actress Catherine Zeta Jones has been admitted to hospital for treatment of bipolar II disorder.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Medicine, Health

Mon May 06, 2013

Nurse.com

FDA: Don't take valproate for migraines while pregnant

The FDA has alerted healthcare providers and patients that medications including and related to valproate sodium can cause decreased IQ scores in children whose mothers took the medication during pregnancy.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Migraine, Health, Migraine Headache, Depakote, Valproic Acid (generic), Epilepsy

Washington Times

FDA warns pregnant women of risk from migraine drug

Federal health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that a half-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children's intelligence if taken while their mothers are pregnant.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Migraine, Migraine Headache, Depakote, Valproic Acid (generic)

WCTV Tallahassee

FDA: Taking Some Migraine Meds While Pregnant Can Decrease Child's IQ

U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that half-a-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children's intelligence if taken while their mothers are pregnant.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Migraine, Health, Migraine Headache, Depakote, Valproic Acid (generic)

Lite 98.7

Demi Lovato Admits She Doesn't Have Many Friends + Doesn't Care About Taylor Swift

Demi Lovato has been very vocal and open about her stint in rehab for substance abuse, self-harm, eating and bipolar disorders - and she's also been a role model to girls going through similar issues.

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Related Topix: Taylor Swift, Medicine, Health

Fri May 03, 2013

BBC News

Bipolar break

Holidays are supposed to be a time for relaxation, but not for Charlotte Walker, a mother and blogger with bipolar disorder.

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Wed May 01, 2013

Examiner.com

Bipolar Disorder Drugs May Affecting Brain

Medications taken by people with bipolar disorder may actually be nudging hundreds of genes that direct the brain to behave more normally, according to new research.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology

Tue Apr 30, 2013

Examiner.com

Catherine Zeta Jones Checks in For Bi-Polar Disordera Black Women Suffer As Well

I was getting ready to put my laptop down. When I saw that one of my favorite actresses, Catherine Zeta Jones was in the Headlines: Catherine Zeta Jones Checks in For Bi-Polar Disorder "maintenance." Whoa.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Medicine, Depression

CBS News

Catherine Zeta-Jones enters rehab: What's the difference between bipolar I and II?

Publicist Sarah Fuller told the Associated Press that the Academy Award-winning actress "is committed to periodic care in order to manage her health in an optimum manner." Jones' struggles with her bipolar disorder are known.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Medicine, Health, Depression