Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder affect tens of millions of individuals around the world. These disorders have a typical onset in the early twenties and in most cases have a chronic or recurring course. Neither disorder has an objective biological marker than can be used to make diagnoses or to guide treatment...
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February 5, 2010
January 9, 2010
To Sleep, Perchance to Reset Your Body Clock
Not long ago, I was consulted on the case of an 11-year-old boy with bipolar disorder who was not able to go to sleep before 1 am. The problem did not seem to stem from ongoing symptoms of bipolar disorder. I did not have the benefit of detailed information about the boy's endogenous circadian rhythms, but I thought a phase-resetting intervention might be helpful. I recommended a 0.3-mg dose of m
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December 30, 2009
WebMD’s Bipolar in Focus
by Joye C. Anestis WebMD can sometimes be a dangerous thing. I have often had to recommend that clients avoid looking at it, as it many times contains information that only makes people more anxious. But Jane Pauley has hosted...
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December 27, 2009
What We’re Like in 2010
Americans in 2010:Belief in psychiatric illness and diagnosis is a pervasive fact of life. We think nothing of hearing people announce they are bipolar to explain why their lives are off track and why they are unhappy. This, after years of watching televised ads about depression - could that be you and I? It's as though a single polarized condition were no longer enough to describe our emoti
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December 7, 2009
November 30, 2009
Offspring of Parents With Bipolar Disorder
It is generally held that the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (BD) are at risk for BD. The degree of risk is an important question for both clinicians and parents. A recent study of bipolar offspring by Birmaher and colleagues1 sheds light on this issue.
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November 17, 2009
More than the baby blues: Searching for data on the treatment of postpartum mental illness
by Joye C. Anestis When I sat down to research this post on treating postpartum mood (e.g., depression, bipolar I & II), anxiety, and psychotic disorders, I thought it would take no time to come up with some clear data...
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November 3, 2009
A Psychiatrist’s Worst Nightmare? Psychiatrist Stabbing Raises Concerns
A clinic for patients with bipolar disorder at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) was the scene of yet another attack by a patient on a psychiatrist.
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September 22, 2009
Bipolar Disorder Amongst Children And Adolescents Receive Late Diagnosis
A new study finds that 75% of the cases of paediatric bipolar disorder are diagnosed late - up to 18 months - due to the symptoms manifesting themselves in a different manner depending on whether the patient is a child or adult.
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September 10, 2009
Lamotrigine in Acute Bipolar Depression: Two Thumbs Up—or One?
I just read and enjoyed "Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Disorder"1 at www.PsychiatricTimes.com, and wanted to thank the author for pulling together a great deal of useful information in a succinct and lucid format.
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