]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/bipolar Blog Articles Tagged with 'bipolar' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/926899?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar In many ways, we re sad to see 2008 go. We passed some great milestones during the year here at Psych Central, including topping 80,000 members in our collective communities and reaching more people through our website than in any previous year. We... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/926899?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:44:05 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/926618?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar In spite of that big broken water main, the FDA managed to make a bit of news before everything shuts down for the holiday. Three key items:1. The agency isn t ready to approve AstraZeneca s drug Seroquel XR for major depressive disorder, the com... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/926618?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:51:51 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/sleepdoctor/926306?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Sleep disturbance is a cardinal feature of bipolar disorder. During acute mania, patients exhibit markedly reduced sleep time and report a reduced need for sleep. The reduced need for sleep can be further defined as the ability to maintain energy... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/sleepdoctor/926306?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:31:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/925969?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Tis the season to be jolly, but not everyone feels that way. For some, the onset of winter, with its short days, brings on symptoms of depression. In fact, however, by the time winter officially begins on December 21 the days have already been get... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/dr-zs-medical-report/925969?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:56:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925656?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Pages: 1 2 3 Next Single Page As another year comes to a close, it s time to review what made the biggest news in 2008 in mental health and psychology. Of course, the biggest news of the year the historic election of Barack Obama ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925656?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:12:26 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925660?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Yesterday, the L.A. Times published an op-ed piece from a psychiatrist describing the epidemic of over-prescription of medications for our children. The boy, a quiet slip of a 10-year-old, had been prescribed two antipsychotics, two mood stabilizers... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925660?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:22:05 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/926023?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Enter the December How to Cope with Pain contest!* * * * *Periodically, I present readers stories so we know we re not alone with our pain, and we can share what helps with others. Today, Linda C. had written about her journey in life, which... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/how-to-cope-with-pain/926023?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:47:18 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/925197?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Last week, I noted that a recently published article had found that studies favoring GSK's mood stabilizer Lamictal tended to get published in medical journals while articles reaching less favorable conclusions tended to remained unpublished. I wr... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/925197?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:22:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925128?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar We re excited and happy to announce the addition of a new blog to the Psych Central family. Joining our popular blog on bipolar disorder, Bipolar Beat, our new blog is called Celebrity Psychings and is written by freelance writer, Alicia Sparks. ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925128?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:16:15 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925134?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Pages: 1 2 Next Single Page Nearly a year ago, a tragic story unfolded as Danielle and Ken Lambert handed their two children a 5 year old daughter and a 4 year old son over to Danielle s twin sister, Marcelle Thibault, to drive... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925134?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:29:55 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/924665?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar So what does heartburn have to do with diabetes? Funny you should ask. Big Pharma giant AstraZeneca is being sued by 15,000 people who claim that their atypical antipsychotic, Seroquel, causes diabetes. Seroquel is approved for bipolar disorder, but ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/924665?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:39:14 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924581?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar I have little to add, but wanted to provide a roundup of updates about Dr. Fred Goodwin, the one-time director of the National Institute for Mental Health, a well-respected bipolar researcher, and host of a public radio program called The Infinite Mi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924581?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:37:18 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/924653?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturer of lamotrigine (Lamictal), the antiepileptic drug used widely for bipolar disorder, happily hid clinical trial results which found Lamictal was no better than a placebo. Given recent findings about how often pharmace... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/924653?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:29:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924583?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Although there s no news here (since the original study was published two years ago), TIME has run a thoughtful piece about the reasons why people diagnosed with serious mental illness typically have a shorter lifespan. The primary reasons, when yo... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924583?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:59:35 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924584?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Walking the proverbial mile in someone else s shoes just got significantly easier, thanks to the work of a group of Swedish neuroscientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Using virtual reality headsets with special camera goggles, the re... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924584?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:07:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924586?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar A new robust, in-depth study that interviewed over 5,000 young adults from 2001 to 2002 has found that nearly half of them (47.7%) likely have a diagnosable mental disorder most commonly, alcohol abuse, depression, ADHD or anxiety. One in five wa... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924586?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:45:51 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/924689?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar I posted in June 2007 about Dr. Biederman and his role in the explosion in diagnosis of childhood bipolar.Today's New York Times says it's impossible to know whether he's a shill for the drug industry because of previously undisclosed connections to ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/924689?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:48:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924153?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar The trickle of incriminating evidence against Dr. Joseph Biederman, a Harvard world-renowned child psychiatrist known for his advocacy of pediatric bipolar disorder, has turned into a torrent of emails and internal documents. The New York ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924153?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:50:51 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/923710?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar On May 9, Slate published a rebuke of the independence of an episode of the Infinite Mind, a public radio program on mental health, brain and behavior topics. The show is hosted by Dr. Fred Goodwin, a former director of the National Institute of Ment... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/923710?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:03:06 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/923712?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar There s an even more tragic story behind the news of people traveling from around the country to drop off their unwanted children in Nebraska, since they enacted a law a few weeks ago that allowed any child under 18 years of age to be handed over t... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/923712?rsstype=tag&tag=bipolar Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:36:28 -0500