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Researchers' New Pediatric Bipolar Disorder Symptoms Include Bed Wetting, NightmaresEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The folks at the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation--that's the Papaloses of "The Bipolar Child" book fame's organization--have really gone an done it now. They've fully crossed the Rubicon and now claim that kids having nightmares, wetting the bed and who are interruptive have so-called pediatric bipolar disorder. This is all from a JBRF "news flash," which I cannot locate on the group's website yet, but which I have in email form (if you want it, send me an email and I'll pass it along). The news flash, which is also a solicitation for contributions to JBRF, is entitled "Characteristics of Juvenile Bipolar Disorder: A ...
Source: Furious Seasons - November 16, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

BringChange2Mind.orgEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
More than a few tears of understanding, and being understood, came to my eyes tonight as I watched NBC Nightly News. Brian Williams featured a report on an initiative of Glenn Close called Bring Change 2 mind. Ms. Close and her sister Jessie, who is bipolar, were part of an amazing public service announcement shot at [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - November 12, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV YouTube activism autobiography bipolar bipolar II health-care mental health stigma Glenn Close Jessie Close Source Type: blogs

Best of Our Blogs: November 6, 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I’m attending the 25th Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy today, and I’ll write more about the inspirational work this organization has been doing for 25 years shortly (not just in Georgia, but throughout the entire country). The people who are attending this symposium — as well as the Carter Center itself — have done much to improve mental health care in the U.S., but it’s not something you hear enough about. It’s heartening so many great minds coming together to share best practices and ideas for improvement (especially at this unique time in healthcare history). ...
Source: World of Psychology - November 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Psychology Best Practices Bipolar Disorder Blogs Carter Center Ceos Dance Floor Daniel Johnston Depression Anxiety Fort Hood Hallway Inspirational Work Mental Health Care Source Type: blogs

Study: Researchers Shoot Down Pre-Adolescent ManiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A study out in this month's British Journal of Psychiatry examined the course of bipolar disorder for as long as 15 years in the offspring of bipolar parents and found no evidence of pre-adolescent mania: "We studied the course of major mood disorders in the offspring of parents with well-characterised bipolar disorder prospectively for up to 15 years. All consenting offspring were assessed annually or anytime symptomatic. The participants began to develop major mood episodes in adolescence and not before. The index major mood episode was almost always depressive, as were the first few recurrences. Onsets and recurrences ...
Source: Furious Seasons - November 4, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

The Fear of Relapse: 5 Cognitive ToolsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A reader recently wrote to me about her overwhelming fear of relapse. She said, “I’m struggling now with it, obsessing over it, and I’m so, so scared. Do I want to crawl into the hole? I fear that. But I can’t. I can’t.” First of all, thank you for being honest. Because so many of us know exactly how you feel. I’m there a lot of the time myself. Less than I was the two years following my hospitalizations, but there too much of the time. Doctor Smith would continually remind me during those first fragile years after my big breakdown that a slight setback in my recovery didn’t ...
Source: World of Psychology - November 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression General Mental Health and Wellness On the Couch Psychotherapy Treatment Black Hole Cognitive Tools Contrary Depressive Episode Doctor Smith Dow Hiccups Ice Cream Jot Source Type: blogs

Research-Backed Online Mental Health InterventionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
So the other week I attended and presented at the First International e-Mental Health Summit 2009 in Amsterdam and already discussed some great online interventions for depression. I’m still planning on talking about additional online interventions for other mental disorders, but am waiting for the conference folks to publish the presentations on their website because the abstract book doesn’t always contain the valuable bits of information I need to properly summarize a topic area. In the meantime, I thought I’d mention Beacon. Beacon is a website that has gone to the trouble of indexing and rating over...
Source: World of Psychology - November 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Research Technology Treatment Abstract Book Alcohol Amsterdam Anorexia Anorexia Bulimia Bipolar Bipolar Depression Bipolar Disorder Eating Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder H Source Type: blogs

J&J Sales Rep Told Docs To Use Risperdal Off-LabelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The admission came from Matt Thompson, a sales rep for Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen unit, who testified in a trial over claims by a former co-worker. In 2002, he said he pushed docs to consider prescribing Risperdal in combination with other drugs, even though this wasn’t approved by the FDA, and he noted that Jannsen’s training didn’t include any specific prohibitions against such promotions. “I’m not saying the company tried to hide it, but we didn’t think about augmentation in the realm of on-label or off- label at that time,” Thompson said. He said he was “probably” aware that promot...
Source: Pharmalot - October 29, 2009 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bipolar Disorder Jannsen Pharmaceutica Johnson & Johnson Lynn Powell Risperdal Schizophrenia Source Type: blogs

Top Ten Bipolar Blogs 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Every year the entrants for the Best of the Web awards multiply. In 2009, veterans stood tough as new kids dazzled. It was difficult to narrow the list to just ten (and some more faves we want to mention), but here are our picks for the top blogs written by people who have been diagnosed with a bipolar disorder. 1. The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive Do’s and Don’ts for the Mentally Interesting was a BBC Radio play based on Seaneen’s blog produced last May and just nominated for a Mind Mental Health Media Award. Always a compelling and honest read, it was no fluke or sympathy vote that caused us to pla...
Source: World of Psychology - October 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Sandra Kiume Tags: Best of the Web Bipolar General Apples And Oranges awards Badge Of Honor Bbc Radio Bipolar Disorder Black Woman Blogs Dbsa Diary Extra Energy Failed Attempt Faves Fender Fred Goodwin Fresh Blood furious seasons Gorgeo Source Type: blogs

Patient Stabs Doctor, Shot Dead at Bipolar ClinicEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A patient being seen at the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Bipolar Clinic and Research Program attacked his physician today, stabbing her with a knife during a treatment session according to Boston Police. The incident occurred in an office building nearby the main Mass. General building, where the hospital leases space for the Bipolar Clinic: After at least one gunshot echoed on the fifth floor, two nurses from [a neighboring] office went to treat the patient, who had apparently been shot in the head by the security guard [...] “During the course of the stabbing incident, an off-duty security officer who wa...
Source: World of Psychology - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Bipolar Disorders General Policy and Advocacy 6 Years Attacker Bipolar Disorder Boston Globe Boston Police Criminal Behavior Criminal Incidents Criminality Duty Security Fifth Floor Gunshot Health Care Problems History Of V Source Type: blogs

My New Hero: Glenn CloseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Not because she’s a phenomenal actor, which she is, but because she’s just initiated a new project to banish stigma. The project is highly personal, as she explains on Huffington Post: As I’ve written and spoken about before, my sister suffers from a bipolar disorder and my nephew from schizoaffective disorder. There has, in fact, been a lot of depression and alcoholism in my family and, traditionally, no one ever spoke about it. It just wasn’t done. The stigma is toxic. And, like millions of others who live with mental illness in their families, I’ve seen what they endure: the struggle of jus...
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - October 27, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: liz Tags: SCHIZOPHRENIA bipolar disorder celebrities depression media meds Source Type: blogs

Are the Media Addicted to Internet Addiction?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As Dr. John Grohol has cogently argued, there are many reasons to be skeptical of “Internet Addiction” as a discrete and specific “disorder” or diagnosis. Yet I am impressed, and a bit dismayed, by all the attention this issue seems to garner in the popular media. I don’t intend any disrespect to the reporters and journalists who are trying to cover the topic, several of whom have graciously interviewed me. Some reporters are as skeptical as many of us in the mental health field, and a number have asked pertinent questions as to how real so-called Internet addiction is. I simply wish that deva...
Source: World of Psychology - October 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Ronald Pies, M.D. Tags: Brain and Behavior Disorders General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Minding the Media Policy and Advocacy Technology Bad Habits Bipolar Bipolar Disorder Brain Chemistry Button Issues Central Nervous System Controvers Source Type: blogs

Optimism: Great Technology That Can Help YouEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ever since I was discharged from the inpatient psychiatric program at Johns Hopkins, I have kept a mood journal where I daily record the amount of hours I sleep, my mood (rating it a fantastic and serene no. 1 to a frazzled, and I’m-headed-back-to-the-community-room no. 5), any foods that have triggered hyperactivity or irritability (such as a triple espresso and half of a chocolate-mousse pie), my anxiety level, any medication and vitamin/supplement changes, and a list of things I’m obsessing about: weight, job, friends, sisters, yada yada yada. My journal looks like my house: messy … dangerously messy. ...
Source: World of Psychology - October 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders General Health-related Industrial and Workplace Medications Mental Health and Wellness Personal Psychology Relationships Self-Esteem Sleep Stress Technology Source Type: blogs

Glenn Close Tackles Mental IllnessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“Mental illness is just part of the human condition,” Glenn Close said Oct. 21 on “Good Morning America.” Halleluia! A Hollywood response to all the scientology. Today Close spoke out for the first time on television about the legacy of mental illness in her own family: Her sister, Jessie, suffers from bipolar disorder, and Jessie’s son has schizo-affective disorder. Glenn has launched a nonprofit organization called BringChange2Mind, which she hopes will raise awareness about mental illness, strip mood disorders like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia from their unfair stigma, and lend suppor...
Source: World of Psychology - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Depression Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Minding the Media Personal Personality Policy and Advocacy Relationships Schizophrenia Treatment Abc News Affective Disorder American Adults Source Type: blogs

Only Perfect People Should Have ChildrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I hope you know that the title of this post is sarcastic.A reader wrote to us and asked if we'd address the issue of whether people with bipolar disorder should have children:"I have been asked how I could have had children knowing I had bipolar and the person asking would never have known I had bipolar if i did not told them."I enjoyed thinking about this, but I'm punting. I really don't like the idea of putting a value judgment on who should or shouldn't have children. Truly, there are a lot of people out there who shouldn't have babies (because they can't take care of them), but do, and a lot of wonderful people who've ...
Source: Shrink Rap - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: genetics children bipolar Source Type: blogs

Child Psychiatrist Says Kids Overmedicated, Wrongly DiagnosedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study argues from an individual clinician’s experience that the overwhelming majority of children do no worse and most do considerably better entirely off or at doses of psychotropic medication significantly lower than that prescribed in the mainstream of contemporary child psychiatric care. It seems reasonable to attribute the clinical improvement of these children to diminished efforts to control thinking, affect, and behavior by pharmacologic interventions, while simultaneously increasing the amount and quality of analytically informed treatment. Success in effecting dramatic reductions in prescribed medications...
Source: Furious Seasons - October 21, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

Art and PrideEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Watch Mad But Glad [Part 1] Watch Mad But Glad [Part 2] Mad But Glad Very good UK documentary following Nick van Bloss, a pianist who has Tourette’s syndrome and thrives by using the instrument to channel creative energy and manage his condition. Delves into classic questions about the link between creativity and madness (and dopamine), with animated brain scans and comparisons to some creative correlates of autism, mania, and Parkinson’s. Part 1, and part 2. (Source: Channel N)
Source: Channel N - October 21, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: Art Documentary General TV autism bipolar brain dopamine hypergraphia music neuroimaging neurology OCD parkinson's pride rockstars schizophrenia tourette video Source Type: blogs

What is a Nervous Breakdown?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A nervous breakdown refers to a mainstream and often-used term to generically describe someone who experiences a bout of mental illness that is so severe, it directly impacts their ability to function in everyday life. The specific mental illness can be anything — depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or something else. But the reference to a “nervous breakdown” usually refers to the fact that the person has basically stopped their daily routines — going to work, interacting with loved ones or friends, even just getting out of bed to eat or shower. A nervous breakdown can be seen as...
Source: World of Psychology - October 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Brain and Behavior General History of Psychology Mental Health and Wellness Stress Treatment Anxiety Disorder Bipolar Bipolar Disorder Coping Skills Depression Anxiety Everyday Life Inpatient Hospitalization Interventions Mains Source Type: blogs

McManamy Tries Criticizing Me AgainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Can I just say that John McManamy, author the Knowledge Is Necessity blog and the book "Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder," is an out-of-touch fool? Back in February, he alleged that I engaged in "dumb anti-psychiatry" for daring to criticize the possibility of a new type 3 of bipolar disorder and now he's gone and re-posted that entry for reasons that escape me, but establish once again that he's a malicious toad. Here's my response to him earlier this year, wherein I noted that he's a huge defender of the child bipolar paradigm, Fred Goodwin and pretty much anything mainstream psychiatry tells him is true....
Source: Furious Seasons - October 15, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

Face the IssueEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://www.facetheissue.com/Features narrated animations and facts about addiction, eating disorders, depression, and other mental health concerns. For: AnyoneTopics: ADHD, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Biological Psychology, Bipolar, Clinical Psychology, Depression, Eating Disorders, Health Promotion, Health Psychology, Health and Social Services, Life, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Mental Health Promotion, Self-helpFeatures: Case Studies, Commentary and Blogs, Documentary, Forums, Information, Self Monitoring, Videos, e-learning Features narrated animations and facts about addiction, eating disorders, depression, and o...
Source: PsychSplash - October 13, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: ADHD Addiction Anger Anxiety Anyone Biological Psychology Bipolar Case Studies Clinical Psychology Commentary and Blogs Depression Documentary Eating Disorders Editor's Pick Features For Forums Health Promotion Health P Source Type: blogs

Study: Large Percentage Of Bipolar Disorder Cases "Resolve Spontaneously" By Mid-30sEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study is not proof that bipolar disorder fades with time. The authors call for more studies and longitudinal analyses and so on. It's a study just begging for replication and I hope NIH and others in psychiatry get serious about its finding and undertake other research into the natural course of bipolar disorder (or disorders). Maybe Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca would like to help! Um, probably not. 5. That said, the Sher study is an important piece of evidence. Coupled with a study last year by Mark Zimmerman, a Brown University psychiatry professor, asserting that almost 50 percent of diagnoses of bipolar disorder are...
Source: Furious Seasons - October 6, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

Prevalence of Common Mental DisordersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In support of Mental Health Awareness Week — meant to increase awareness of mental health issues and helping people better understand mental disorders — we’ve created the graph below to give you a better idea of the prevalence (in the past year) of these disorders in the general American population. The media sometimes emphasizes one disorder over another, distorting the picture of how many people actually have the disorder. For instance, the graph shows that bipolar disorder — the subject of so many advertising campaigns, TV commercials and more — has similar prevalence rates to panic disorde...
Source: World of Psychology - October 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Research Advertising Campaigns American Population Binge Bipolar Communities Across America Country Thousands Education Generalized Anxiety Disorder Graph Greater Awareness Source Type: blogs

PsyclineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://www.psycline.org/PSYCLINE is owned and managed by psychologist Dr. Armin Günther, University of Augsburg, Germany. The website started in 1995 under its former name Links to Psychological Journals and has won a high reputation as one of the (if not as the) most comprehensive and up-to-date index of psychology and social science journals on the web. For: Clinicians, Researchers, Students, TeachersTopics: ADHD, Abnormal, Academia, Addiction, Behaviour Management, Bipolar, General Psychology, Health Psychology, Mental Health, Psychology and Technology, Teaching, WritingFeatures: Author Lists, Books, Databases, In...
Source: PsychSplash - September 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: ADHD Abnormal Academia Addiction Author Lists Behaviour Management Bipolar Books Clinicians Databases Features For General Psychology Health Psychology Information Journals Mental Health Psychology and Technology Resear Source Type: blogs

Bounce: 6 Steps to Become More ResilientEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Resilience. That’s what I’m after. To be able to find my balance after hitting a pot hole. To wake up with hope after enduring a series of frustrations. To look beyond the circumstances of my life in order to enjoy the moment. Yes. I want to become more resilient. So it was with great interest that I read Robert Wick’s book, “Bounce: Living the Resilient Life.” Here are six of the suggestions he presents in his book. A professor of psychology at Loyola University, Maryland, Dr. Wicks is author of numerous books, including “Prayerfulness” that I featured earlier this year. Step One...
Source: World of Psychology - September 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression General Health-related Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Parenting Personal Personality Psychology Psychotherapy Random Brain Bits Relationships Self-E Source Type: blogs

Use Caution With Positive ThinkingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Back in July, John Cloud wrote a piece for “Time” Magazine called “Yes, I Suck: Self-Help Through Negative Thinking.” In the article, Cloud lays out the research why “cognitive restructuring,” the process of retraining your thoughts–of changing self-defeating attitudes to constructive ones–simply doesn’t work. Actually, it’s worse than that. Sometimes when we tell ourselves statements that we don’t really believe (”I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me”), it can decrease the little self-esteem we had to b...
Source: World of Psychology - September 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression General Mental Health and Wellness Personal Psychology Psychotherapy Random Brain Bits Research Self-Esteem Stress Women's Issues Acceptance And Commitment Therapy Amygdala Cognitive Rest Source Type: blogs

Hospital Security Beat Handcuffed Psych Patient In OregonEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This incident has my blood boiling: according to documents leaked to KATU-TV in Portland, Ore., hospital security staff at Oregon Health & Science University beat a handcuffed woman after she stormed out of the ER. Here's how the station describes the incident: "Anna Marie Hartwick said she is bipolar, has post traumatic stress disorder, and a personality disorder. She said she has been in and out of the state mental hospital and on heavy medications since she was 12 years old. "She said she’s on a cocktail of three medications: Geodon, Zoloft, and Trazodone, which led to infections and severe pain. "On Sept. 1 the pa...
Source: Furious Seasons - September 14, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

Conflicted researcher Joan Luby & Barbara Geller: bipolar in preschoolers, depression tooEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: soulful sepulcher - September 10, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: 1999- 2008: OCD: ADHD: Childhood Bipolar Disorder: The Evolution of a Diagnosis 1999- 2007: OCD: ADHD: Childhood Bipolar Disorder: The Evolution of a Diagnosis Source Type: blogs

To: Bipolar BeatEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Re: Which Came First – Substance Abuse or Bipolar Disorder? I’m so happy to have come across this site, particularly this article, as I checked out different areas of my news reader. I’ve been in and out of recovery (from alcohol abuse mostly) for about 20 years, now just two-and-a-quarter years sober again. Not too long before [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - September 10, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: autobiography bipolar bipolar II mental health mental illness recovery stigma Source Type: blogs

A Message to Patrick KennedyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
First of all: Ted Kennedy’s Health Care Legacy The Cause of Ted Kennedy’s Life Patrick, my condolences on your father’s passing. When your dad’s brothers died, he had to get himself together and stop being an irresponsible, drunken frat boy. He had to become a leader who espoused what they did: social justice, pacifism, equal rights, etc. You [...] (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - August 26, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: bipolar disorder celebrities depression Source Type: blogs

Liveblogging Primetime OutsidersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
All the below is about this show. Madigan: They didn’t flatter you with that lighting. David Oaks: You’re looking so handsome! I had no idea. Your eyebrows are very sexy. (I’m completely sincere.) “But critics worry …” That’s journalism-speak for “We don’t have any specific sources who say this, but we’ll generalize it so we have reason to [...] (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - August 26, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: SCHIZOPHRENIA alternative treatments bipolar disorder celebrities criminal justice system depression hospitals / hospitalization meds philadelphia side effects stigma suicide violence Source Type: blogs

The Onion: Pres. Obama Has Bipolar DisorderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Among other things, America's most trusted news network reports that the signs were there in President Barack Obama's campaign last year--the euphoric emails to supporters, his unflinching belief in the airy concept of "hope." And so on. (Source: Furious Seasons)
Source: Furious Seasons - August 19, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

So Much For Bipolar Disorder Being UnderdiagnosedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I imagine two or three of you remember a study that came out last year asserting that bipolar disorder was being overdiagnosed--or wrongly diagnosed--in almost 50 percent of patients. The study was authored by Mark Zimmerman, a psychiatry professor at Brown University, and colleagues and was quite controversial, although some researchers supported his findings. After all, bipolar disorder is supposed to be underdiagnosed and most of the leading lights in psychiatry consider bipolar to be a fixed diagnosis. Once you're diagnosed with it, there is no escape. Shut up and take your meds or you're living in denial and will die ...
Source: Furious Seasons - August 17, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

FDA: Saphris (Asenapine) Approval, Schizophrenia and BipolarEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From the FDA:FDA Approves Saphris to Treat Schizophrenia and Bipolar DisorderThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Saphris tablets (asenapine) to treat adults with schizophrenia, a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder, and to treat bipolar I disorder in adults, a serious psychiatric disorder that causes shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function.“Mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be devastating to patients and families, requiring lifelong treatment and therapy,” said Thomas Laughren, M.D., director of the Division of Psychiatry Products in the FDA’s Cent...
Source: BrainBlog - August 14, 2009 Category: Neurologists Tags: S-P FDA Asenapine clinical trials bipolar Saphris schizophrenia Source Type: blogs

5 Reasons to Track Your Mood: James BishopEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Today I have the pleasure of interviewing one of my first Internet buddies, James Bishop, who runs the site FindingOptimism.com and writes the Finding Optimism blog which has been voted as one of the top depression blogs by Psych Central. James also is the brainiac behind Optimism Software, a tool to help you track your mood. Question: Why did you develop the software, James? Was there a certain “Aha!” moment you’d like to share with us, as though you were sitting on the Oprah set? James: An “Aha!” moment? Yes, I’ve had lots of those. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder about 6 years ...
Source: World of Psychology - August 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression General Health-related Mental Health and Wellness On the Couch Personal Psychotherapy Random Brain Bits Relationships Self-Esteem Sleep Stress Technology Treatment 6 Years Artificial Source Type: blogs

8 Tools for Happiness: Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project ToolboxEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As someone who suffers from manic-depression, I have a box of tools that I use to help me stay on the path of recovery and get as far away as possible from the black hole of despair. However, they are not all that different from the eight tools that blogger/author Gretchen Rubin uses in her happiness project. Now Gretchen offers a website, The Happiness Project Toolbox, where she helps you tailor the tools to your own life and, in the process, see what others have to say about them. Her site, the Happiness Project Toolbox, offers eight free tools. Like James Bishop’s Optimism Software, Gretchen’s tools help yo...
Source: World of Psychology - August 6, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Bipolar Brain and Behavior General Health-related Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Personal Psychotherapy Random Brain Bits Relationships Self-Esteem Stress Technology Treatment Women's Issues Abstract Goal Source Type: blogs

Basket Weaving For BeginnersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
URL: http://lucidinterval.org/here_we_go_again.shtmlPractical suggestions for avoiding manic episodes or at least reducing their severity. For: Anyone, ConsumersTopics: Bipolar, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Mental Health PromotionFeatures: Articles, Information, Links Practical suggestions for avoiding manic episodes or at least reducing their severity. It is based upon personal experience of bipolar disorder for over some 30 years. (Source: PsychSplash)
Source: PsychSplash - July 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Psych Central Resource Editor Tags: Anyone Articles Bipolar Consumers Features For Information Lifestyle Links Mental Health Mental Health Promotion Topics Source Type: blogs

When Suicidal Ideations Take OverEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I have been thinking about this question ever since I read it on a discussion thread in Group Beyond Blue. Meg writes: So, my husband has shown interest in getting a handgun permit. It’s the South, and lots of people have them. I don’t have an issue with the concept of it. He wants to take the class and is really responsible about it. He doesn’t hunt and isn’t a “war games” kind of guy or a gun fanatic. Then I told him that a stipulation would be that when we had children, the way the gun was stored would need to be open to discussion. We would need to agree on a safe way to handle it ba...
Source: World of Psychology - July 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Alcoholism Bipolar Depression Disorders General Men's Issues Personal Relationships Treatment Women's Issues Blue Group Discussion Group Distinction Few Minutes Good Writing Gun Ranges Gun Store Gun Stores Guns Handgu Source Type: blogs

Friday Flashback for July 24, 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
While visiting family over the weekend, I thought you might enjoy these classic entries from our past. 10 Years Ago on Psych Central When Tragedy Provides My essay about the Columbine tragedy, which also just celebrated its 10 year anniversary a few months ago. Tragedy reminds us that we’re human and gives us a chance to reconnect with one another. But nothing can make sense of tragedies such as Columbine. 5 Years Ago on Psych Central Drug Maker Acknowledges Misleading Claims In case you thought that some pharmaceutical companies’ recent problems with telling the whole truth about their drugs is something ne...
Source: World of Psychology - July 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Friday Flashback General 10 Year Anniversary 10 Years Bipolar Bipolar Disorder blog blogger Boston Globe Columbine Tragedy Diabetes Fad Fda furious seasons Hard Time Internet Addiction Janssen Love Letter Medical Miracl Source Type: blogs

Coming Out as MadEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Writing About Madness: Life After Public Disclosure of Mental Illness Another great talk by Kay Redfield Jamison, bipolar expert and author. Here she describes reactions and support she experienced after publishing An Unquiet Mind, coming out as a person with a bipolar disorder. The talk has a focus on education, describing challenges for herself and other people with neurocognitive impairment from bipolar. There is some audience Q&A. A podcast preview is available. (Source: Channel N)
Source: Channel N - July 20, 2009 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume)Sandra Kiume Tags: General Lecture Art bipolar brain mad personal psychiatry rockstars stigma video Source Type: blogs

Second Anniversary Off-MedsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As I did last year, I wanted to publicly note my anniversary--this year is the second--of being off-meds. Yes, that's right: I've made it two years, despite the naysayers who told me I'd wind up dead or in the hospital, medicated to the gills. Looks like they were wrong. I'm in pretty good shape and haven't had a lick of anything that would register on any clinical scale in a long time. So two years after my psychiatrist talked me into going off the last of 18 years of psych meds, my case establishes one of four things: that I was a bad diagnosis back in 1989 and was never bipolar at all; that bipolar disorder burns out o...
Source: Furious Seasons - July 19, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

Lost to Illness?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This film came out in 2007, but I haven’t heard much about how the subject of the film is faring. The filmmaker can still be found, but where is Sam? (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - July 13, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: bipolar disorder media Source Type: blogs

6 Steps for Beating DepressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study–along with a handful of others like it–suggests that omega-3s may be among the most effective antidepressant substances ever discovered. 2. Engaged Activity According to Ilardi, engaged activity keeps us from ruminating, and ruminating causes depression. I understand his logic, and he is right that we are more isolated now in our lifestyle than even 10 years ago because technology allows us to do our jobs individually. Says Ilardi: The biggest risk factor for rumination is simply spending time alone, something Americans now do all the time. When you’re interacting with another person, your mind...
Source: World of Psychology - July 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Brain and Behavior Depression Disorders General Health-related Medications Mental Health and Wellness Personal Research Sleep Stress Treatment 3 Fatty Acids Antidepressants Author Stephen Beating Depression Bipolar Bipola Source Type: blogs

Depression: There’s a Person Underneath the IllnessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I think one of the most consoling things a fellow manic depressive ever told me was that I (the person known as Therese) never disappeared during my severe depression. It felt like I did, of course. Because I could barely recognize myself. I would stare into a mirror and question the identity of the ugly chick staring back. People couldn’t recognize me … especially from the back, since I had dropped a few pant sizes. But my friend reassured me that I was there all along. In a letter dated around May of 2006, just as I was starting to ascend from the Black Hole, she wrote me this: Once one walks in the door of ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Bipolar General Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Psychology Relationships Treatment Black Hole Chemicals Cognitive Thinking Compassion Depression Generosity Inner Beauty Manic Depressive Mental Illness Nugget Source Type: blogs

Breakthrough for Schizophrenia and BipolarEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Earlier today, we reported that NIMH-funded researchers at three different genetic research institutes from around the world collaborated and published three new studies yesterday in the journal, Nature, that suggested a true breakthrough in our understanding of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. And to think that just earlier this week, I was dismissing the largely inconclusive findings of genetics research in mental illness. One of the researchers commented on the findings: “There was substantial overlap in the genetic risk for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that was specific to mental disorders. We saw no ass...
Source: World of Psychology - July 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Bipolar Brain and Behavior Disorders General Research Schizophrenia Atypical Antipsychotics Bipolar Disorder Causes Of Schizophrenia Chromosome 6 Conclusions Current Research Environmental Factors Gene Variants Genetic Breakthr Source Type: blogs

No Charges Against Psychiatrist In Rebecca Riley CaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A grand jury in Massachusetts has not returned a criminal indictment against Kayoko Kifuji, a Tufts Medical Center psychiatrist, in connection with the doctor's role in the death of Rebecca Riley, a 4-year-old girl who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ADHD at 2-years-old. The case has gotten a ton of national attention due to the fact that the girl was actually killed in December 2006 by some of the aggressive medication she was on. Meds prescribed to her included Seroquel, Depakote and clonidine. Her parents have been charged with first-degree murder and are in jail awaiting trial. A medical malpractice case brou...
Source: Furious Seasons - June 30, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

People First LanguageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One of the biggest challenges I’ve had in the 10 years I’ve been writing on the subject of mental illness is the evolving use of language around disabilities. Sometimes I’ve been relieved by change; other times I’ve been frustrated. I recently had the opportunity to start thinking about this again because I accidentally let a [...] (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - June 30, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: DISABILITY SCHIZOPHRENIA bipolar disorder stigma Source Type: blogs

Chasing the Genetic Ghosts of Mental IllnessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For decades, scientists have been making claims about the genetic roots of mental illness, ranging from schizophrenia and depression, to bipolar disorder and attention deficit disorder (ADHD). And for decades, they’ve largely been chasing ghosts. Eric Kandel, writing for Newsweek, makes the at-least-annual appeal that scientists are making “certain advances in genetics” which give “us new reasons for optimism” in understanding the biological basis for mental illness. As someone who’s been tracking the progress of such genetic advances over the past two decades, I have to say, I remain sq...
Source: World of Psychology - June 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: ADHD and ADD Bipolar Brain and Behavior Depression General Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Random Brain Bits Schizophrenia Advances In Genetics Array Attention Deficit Disorder Biological Basis Bipolar Disorder C Source Type: blogs

Mental Illness and MigrainesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This weekend I was asked by some people how mental illness fits into my life nowadays, and I had a realization that was both reassuring and depressing: migraines are a bigger factor in my everyday existence now than bipolar disorder is. I’m glad to be so recovered (despite not exercising and eating poorly — take [...] (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - June 23, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: bipolar disorder Source Type: blogs

From About.com: Bipolar disorder – Called manic depression or bipolar disorder stigma persistsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An article arrived in my “in” box today which underlined for me one of the persistent difficulties in living with mental illness – stigma. Stigma interests me a great deal, living as I am with HIV/AIDS, too. I almost feel defensive in talking about my bipolar II condition, particularly around some other recovering alcoholics who look skeptical [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS)
Source: My journey with AIDS - June 23, 2009 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Kenn Chaplin Tags: AIDS and HIV bipolar bipolar II health-care mental health mental illness recovery stigma Source Type: blogs