Family Displays Bipolar Victim’s Art
CBS 11 News - (CBS 11 News) Plano, TX — The family of a local teen is trying to raise awareness about the mental disorder that took their son s life. 19-year-old Grant Halliburton was featured in a newspaper as a musician, a writer and an artist. It would …
Treating Both Poles of Bipolar Disorder: Pivotal Study Confirms Potential of Quetiapine as First Atypical Antipsychotic
Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) - - For Healthcare and Medical Reporters (non-US and non-UK) The results of a pivotal study confirm the potential of quetiapine fumarate (SEROQUEL) as a monotherapy (treatment with a single antipsychotic medicine) …
Bipolar Disorder And Sleep
‘The quest for sleep’ is an elusive dream for many in today’s busy society. Although people with bipolar disorder appear particularly vulnerable to sleep problems, the article emphasizes that an estimated 75 percent of American adults experience symptoms of sleep problems at least several times a week… click link for more info.
Postpartum Psychosis Linked to Bipolar Disorder
Business Wire (press release), CA - May 26, 2006… May 26, 2006–An important and comprehensive paper, “Review of Postpartum Psychosis,” which presents fresh data linking the illness to bipolar disorder, has …
What is Bipolar Disorder?
About - News & Issues, NY - May 26, 2006One textbook definition describes bipolar disorder as: “a major affective disorder in which an individual alternates between states of deep depression and …
Fear circuit flares as bipolar youth misread faces
EurekAlert - The left amygdala and related structures (yellow area where lines intersect) are part of an emotion-regulating brain circuit where children with bipolar disorder showed greater activation than controls when rating… Click here for more information …
Fear Circuit Flares As Bipolar Youth Misread Faces
Youth with bipolar disorder misread facial expressions as hostile and show heightened neural reactions when they focus on emotional aspects of neutral faces, researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered. The study provides some of the first clues to the underlying workings of the episodes of mania and depression that disrupt