Bipolar Disorder News

Can a 9- or 10-year-old be bipolar? - CNN

Administrator — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:35:02 +0000

Can a 9- or 10-year-old be bipolar? - CNN
Dear Len, Your question intrigues me because I can’t tell whether it is a rhetorical query posed out of indignation or is in fact a request for information about how bipolar disorder is diagnosed in children. As you probably realize, this is an area …

Actress Debi Mazar speaks out about her family’s ordeal with bipolar … - Daily Star

Administrator — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:00:04 +0000

Actress Debi Mazar speaks out about her family’s ordeal with bipolar … - Daily Star
(ARA) - An estimated 8 million American adults may be affected by bipolar disorder, a complex mental illness in which people experience extreme mood swings from highs (bipolar mania) to lows (bipolar depression). Episodes of bipolar depression can …

Rise in self-diagnosis of bipolar disorder: research - The Independent

Administrator — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:05:03 +0000

Rise in self-diagnosis of bipolar disorder: research - The Independent
Psychiatrists in Britain claim to have discovered a new phenomenon — people diagnosing themselves with bipolar disorder, according to research published on Monday. Psychiatrists in Britain claim to have discovered a new phenomenon - people …

NYPD cops fatally shoot bipolar Bronx man who bashed ’sweet’ mother … - New York Daily News

Administrator — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:10:03 +0000

NYPD cops fatally shoot bipolar Bronx man who bashed ’sweet’ mother … - New York Daily News
Paramedics remove the body of a Bronx man early Monday who was shot dead by police when he wouldn’t stop beating his mother with a frying pan. “Go away! Go away!” Singh screamed at the cops, according to Donovan Howell , super of the Third Ave …

Brandon Jennings Not Bipolar, Just Joking - FanHouse

Administrator — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:50:05 +0000

Brandon Jennings Not Bipolar, Just Joking - FanHouse
Well, Brandon, you really got me. I was dumb enough to think that you were serious about being bipolar. Good thing you set me straight . Don’t believe everything you read on Twitter, I guess. So dumb, in fact, that I wrote a lengthy piece on what …

Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation’s ‘Evening of Friends’ ushers in … - Palm Beach Daily News

Administrator — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:35:04 +0000

Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation’s ‘Evening of Friends’ ushers in … - Palm Beach Daily News
Supporters of the Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation celebrated the group’s fifth anniversary at “An Evening of Friends.” The event took place Jan. 31 at Club Colette. Christine Curtis, Lori Gendelman, Dorothy Kohl and Denise Hanley were chairwomen …

Bipolar Cases Misdiagnosed, New Diagnoses Proposed - NPR News

Administrator — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:05:03 +0000

Bipolar Cases Misdiagnosed, New Diagnoses Proposed - NPR News
The American Psychiatric Association has released the list of mental disorders that it intends to publish in its new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The DSM as it’s known describes all the different mental disorders recognized by modern …

Students suffer less from bipolar disorder - UV Cavalier Daily

Administrator — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:15:03 +0000

Students suffer less from bipolar disorder - UV Cavalier Daily
Counseling and Psychological Services are located in Student Health. Photo by Albin Oh. Bipolar disorder is less prevalent among University students than across the nation as a whole, according to Russell Federman, director of the University s …

Am I bipolar? - HealthCentral.com

Administrator — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:15:03 +0000

Am I bipolar? - HealthCentral.com
this been happening about a little over a year now. I’m depressed for a few days and happy the next several days. I cry for no reason and I’m always tired even when I get enough sleep I’m still tired where I still need a nap and I’m always hungry …

Disappearing Acts: When friends are gone after a diagnosis of bipolar … - Huffingtonpost.com

Administrator — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:45:02 +0000

Disappearing Acts: When friends are gone after a diagnosis of bipolar … - Huffingtonpost.com
I am reeling from the awareness that certain friends who meant a great deal to me have abruptly turned their back on me now that I have revealed and declared my struggle with mental illness. I was diagnosed with a form of bipolar disorder after …