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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yesterday Was My Birthday. I Am Next to Normal.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It feels really different being 25. I can’t imagine how an old person — like 41 — would feel. Ahem. This weekend I went to NYC and saw Next to Normal, a Broadway musical about a woman who’s been diagnosed with the kind of bipolar disorder I have — depressive with psychotic features. In the play, [...] (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - June 22, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: bipolar disorder celebrities Source Type: blogs

1999-2009: OCD:ADHD:Pediatric Bipolar: an evolution of a diagnosis: my seriesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: soulful sepulcher - June 22, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: GSK 1999- 2008: OCD: ADHD: Childhood Bipolar Disorder: The Evolution of a Diagnosis Paxil 1999- 2007: OCD: ADHD: Childhood Bipolar Disorder: The Evolution of a Diagnosis Source Type: blogs

Questioning Antipsychotics In Kids, SF Chron Supports Their UseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From time to time, I simply shake my head at the quality of health journalism in the US, particularly as regards children's mental health. Today's example comes to us from the San Francisco Chronicle in an article entitled "Antipsychotic drugs for kids raise hope, worry." While the article does get at both the hope and worry around the use of these drugs in kids, it remains uncomfortably biased toward promoting the use of antipsychotics in kids to the point where you've got to wonder who the reporter's sources were and who the hell is editing at the Chron these days. The trouble starts in the lede: "Increasingly powerful...
Source: Furious Seasons - June 21, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

6 Ways to Stay Out of the Psych WardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s been three years since I’ve dined in the community room of a psych ward with some fellow depressives… Trying to slice a piece of rubber turkey with a plastic knife while wondering what I had to do to get out of there. I would like very much not to return. I came up with these steps to help me. But they are good sanity tools even if you’ve never made it to the community room. 1. Keep a consistent rhythm. I’m not talking about rap, or your tempo on the drums. I’m referring to your circadian rhythm, the internal biological clock which governs fluctuation in body temperature and the se...
Source: World of Psychology - June 19, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Bipolar Depression Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness On the Couch Personal Psychotherapy Relationships Self-Esteem Sleep Stress Treatment Aletta Befriend Bipolar Disorder Body Temperature Boring Life Circadia Source Type: blogs

FDA Staff Urge Review Of Developmental Delay, Autism Linked To DepakoteEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In news just out this morning, FDA scientific staff urge the agency to undertake further review of the anti-seizure drug Depakote, commonly used for various seizure disorders as well as a so-called mood stabilizer in bipolar disorder, due to possible links to cases of developmental delay and autism in children of mothers taking the drug while pregnant. Depakote, made by Abbott Labs, is also known as divalproex in generic form. "Six cases received since its approval in 1983, including two siblings reported to have autism, 'raise concerns,' Food and Drug Administration staff wrote in a May 6 memo released on Friday. "Limit...
Source: Furious Seasons - June 18, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

Joint Statement on Atypical Antipsychotic Use in Children: lobbying the FDAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: soulful sepulcher - June 16, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Seroquel 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

Online Mental Health Journalism Awards: 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As we noted here, Mental Health America recently announced the winners of the “2009 Media Awards” that recognize excellence in mental health journalism. Sadly, despite the Internet’s popularity for the past 15 years, the Internet as a category is still missing from the awards. Apparently you can do good journalism online, you just won’t be acknowledged for it. (In Mental Health America’s defense, Pulitzer only began recognizing online journalism this year, too, so go figure.) We thought we’d acknowledge some examples of outstanding online mental health and psychiatry journalism in 2008. ...
Source: World of Psychology - June 15, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M Grohol PsyD Tags: Best of the Web Brain and Behavior General Medications Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Research Array Bipolar Bipolar Disorder Broad Interpretation Citizen Journalism Commentators Dr Daniel Dr Fred Fair Share Source Type: blogs

CABF, Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation, & NAMI issue joint statement urging antipsychotic approval from FDA for kidsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: soulful sepulcher - June 15, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Seroquel 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

Over 25% of Bipolar Disorder MisdiagnosedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bipolar disorder, frequently called manic-depression, is a mental illness that affects almost 6 million adults in the United States - up to 2.6% of the adult population. It strikes men and women equally, although it may be that men develop it earlier than women. This serious mental illness begins most often in the late teen or early adult years, but it can begin earlier or later. In fact, someone may have bipolar disorder for quite a while before it’s diagnosed because some symptoms can be mistaken for depression, for example. Although bipolar disorder is serious, it can be managed with the right treatment - usually ...
Source: A Hearty Life - June 7, 2009 Category: Nurses Authors: Marijke Durning, RN Tags: Diseases & Conditions bipolar disorder misdiagnosed depression unipolar depression Source Type: blogs

Update: DSM-V Major ChangesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting last week, a presentation covered some of the likely major changes that will be incorporated into the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, commonly referred to as the DSM by mental health professionals. The DSM provides professionals with the symptom checklists that allow for a mental disorder diagnosis to be made. The most significant change proposed has to do with the inclusion of dimensional assessments for depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment and reality distortion that span across many major mental disorders. So...
Source: World of Psychology - May 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy American Psychiatric Association Bipolar Disorder Cate Chopping Block Clinician Cognitive Impairment Depression Anxiety Descriptive Manner Diagnostic And Statistical Source Type: blogs

How Do You Cure Mental Illness?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One of the challenges faced by people who have a mental illness — such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or ADHD or the like — is that not too many people will talk to you about “curing” the condition. (Except snake-oil salesmen, who will claim they can cure your bipolar disorder with their amazing technique or CD.) In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find a professional who talks openly about “cures” for mental illness. For instance, Pete Quily (twitter: petequily) drives the point home with a recent set of twitters: If someone on twitter saying he/she can “Cure ...
Source: World of Psychology - May 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: General Medications Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy Psychotherapy Treatment Adhd Bipolar Bipolar Disorder Brain Machine Challenges Doctors Donkey Ride Liars Magical Word Mental Depression Mental Disorders M Source Type: blogs

Codey Will Transform System?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The headline at NJPoliticker.com reads: “CODEY BILLS WOULD TRANSFORM PATIENT CARE AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS” Explanation: A package of bills sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey that are designed to protect patient safety and improve employee training and oversight at state psychiatric hospitals was approved yesterday by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. [...] (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - May 20, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: DISABILITY SCHIZOPHRENIA bipolar disorder depression hospitals / hospitalization media meds politics Source Type: blogs

Psychiatrist Questions New Drugs, Touts Lithium, Old Anti-DepressantsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One of those occasional columns by psychiatrist Richard Friedman of Cornell University showed up in the New York Times today. I'm not sure what the occasion was, but Friedman questions why some docs (residents in particular) aren't prescribing Lithium to people with bipolar disorder as a first-line treatment versus the trend to give bipolars the latest in "mood stabilizers" and antipsychotics. His argument runs to the age-old claim that Lithium has decades of efficacy data (true, although how efficacious is open to interpretation), is established as a safe drug (debatable, depending on what he means by safe, but yes it's l...
Source: Furious Seasons - May 19, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

Study: Depakote Fails As Pediatric Bipolar Disorder TreatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Well, here's a stunner: in a study just out in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, researchers report that Depakote ER (technically, divalproex ER in the study) had no treatment effect in a four-week, placebo-controlled clinical trial of the drug in treating pediatric bipolar disorder in kids and teens aged 10 to 17. In other words, Depakote did not beat placebo. "The results of the study do not provide support for the use of divalproex ER in the treatment of youths with bipolar I disorder, mixed or manic state. Further controlled trials are required to confirm or refute the findings from...
Source: Furious Seasons - May 19, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

Australian Psychiatrists To Tackle Pediatric Bipolar Disorder At APA ConventionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Update: I screwed up. Although I couldn't tell from the materials, Parry tells me that the colleagues who will be presenting with him are actually American child psychiatrists. I regret the error and am glad to see that more American psychiatrists are helping Parry spread the skepticism around. The American Psychiatric Association is about to have its annual convention in San Francisco. I learned yesterday that Peter Parry and a few other Australian psychiatrists will present to the APA membership on the many controversies surrounding pediatric bipolar disorder (ages 10 to 17) and alleged bipolar disorder in small childre...
Source: Furious Seasons - May 12, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

Is Driving a Civil Rights Issue?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Thanks to Joe for sending me this article about a man who wanted a driver’s license despite being diagnosed with schizophrenia. In my experience in community mental health, getting a driver’s license was basically impossible with such a diagnosis; psychiatrists didn’t want to sign the paperwork allowing a person to apply for a license. It [...] (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - May 5, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: DISABILITY SCHIZOPHRENIA bipolar disorder depression hospitals / hospitalization meds side effects stigma Source Type: blogs

FDA Approves New Suicidality Warning For Epilepsy, Bipolar MedsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The FDA today announced that it has finally approved new warning language for anti-epileptic drugs (anti-seizure drugs, so called mood stabilizers) such as Depakote and Lamictal to reflect suicidality risk. The FDA first raised concerns about the such risks with the drugs in January 2008. Today's announcement also noted that the agency had required "development of a medication guide, to be issued to patients each time the product is dispensed." There are 11 drugs in the anti-seizure class, some of them multi-billion sellers (Lamictal, Depakote, etc.) due to their twin uses in epilepsy and bipolar disorder. Some pharma com...
Source: Furious Seasons - May 5, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Philip Dawdy Tags: Bipolar Disorder Source Type: blogs

Cribbing From CraigslistEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I get a lot of emails from people asking me for advice. Much of the time I don’t have good advice. The main thing I want to say is, Find a doctor you’re comfortable with. That’s the best thing you can do for yourself. But there is power in numbers. So I’m going to suggest [...] (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - May 4, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: bipolar disorder depression Source Type: blogs

Update on Rebecca RileyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Rebecca Riley’s doctor now the target of a grand jury (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - May 4, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: bipolar disorder criminal justice system violence Source Type: blogs

Video: On CourageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” –Mary Anne Radmacher That’s the gist of this video. Click through to watch. (Source: World of Psychology)
Source: World of Psychology - May 2, 2009 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Bipolar Depression General Mental Health and Wellness Personal Bipolar Disorder Courage Gist Hvm Mary Anne Radmacher Perseverance Quiet Voice Recovery Roar Source Type: blogs

A “Manic High”?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sometimes I really get a kick out of the comments on my YouTube channel. The latest is from a person who thinks my most recent video is evidence of my having a “manic high.” How nice it must be to be able to diagnose someone without knowing them! I haven’t had a true manic high [...] (Source: The Trouble With Spikol)
Source: The Trouble With Spikol - April 30, 2009 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Liz Tags: bipolar disorder media Source Type: blogs