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Dear Dr. Donohue: How serious is bipolar disorder? Can you control it yourself? Is the brain lacking some element? L.R. Dear L.R.: Bipolar is a disorder in which people experience spells of deep depression ...

Cambridge biotech firm Alkermes Inc. reports that its partner, Johnson & Johnson , has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval of the two firms' drug, Risperdal/Consta, as a treatment for ...

Years ago, I lost a friend to suicide. He had bipolar disorder. He was a middle-aged, highly capable, caring, and sharing man who truly suffered from the psychological pain caused by this condition.

Dear Dr. Donohue: How serious is bipolar disorder? Can you control it yourself? Is the brain lacking some element? L.R. Dear L.R.: Bipolar is a disorder in which people experience spells of deep depression ...

Published: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 4:50 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, July 21, 2008 at 4:50 p.m. Dear Dr.

Psychiatry has begun the laborious effort of preparing the DSM-V, the new iteration of its diagnostic manual.

The Stanford University Medical Center will host Bipolar Education Day on July 26 for patients and their families, caregivers, friends and all community members interested in the disorder.

Psychiatry has begun the laborious effort of preparing the DSM-V, the new iteration of its diagnostic manual.

Steve Thomas was diagnosed as bipolar, odd at his age, and his dad suspects head trauma.

Dear Dr. Felix-Ortiz: My sister's husband has bipolar disorder that went undiagnosed for a year.

It seemed an ideal marriage, a scientific partnership that would attack mental illness from all sides.

The state's Medicaid director is questioning the accuracy of a report critical of a Strickland administration proposal to require pre-authorization for costly drugs used to treat mental-health patients.

Main Category: Bipolar Also Included In: Mental Health Article Date: 07 Jul 2008 - 2:00 PDT What do you do when you want to let the bipolar community know about scholarships for people with bipolar disorder, ...

Main Category: Bipolar Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 04 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT AstraZeneca announced the online publication of long-term SEROQUEL clinical ...

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.

For the 5.7 million Americans with bipolar disorder, finding effective treatments can pose a serious challenge.

Medications that target the protein BAG1, which regulates a process that can trigger symptoms in people who have bipolar disorder , may offer a new way of treating the disease, according to NIMH scientists.

It is characterised by hyperactiveness, inability to focus,impulsiveness and racing thoughts or even hallucinations b) Hypomania is a less severe form of mania.

Dear Dr. Felix-Ortiz: In one of your recent columns , you used "neuroleptic" to describe anti-psychotics. "Neuroleptic" is a very old term ... What we typically think of as neuroleptics are now called ...

For the 5.7 million Americans with Bipolar disorder, finding effective treatments can pose a serious challenge.