Bipolar Disorder:
Articles on Bipolar Disorder, Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder, Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
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Parents of children and adolescents who have bipolar disorder have a new treatment tool. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) has released the new Parents’ Medication Guide for Bipolar Disorder in Children & Adolescents.
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Ketamine given intravenously is found to treat depression associated with bipolar disorders. Given inravenously, the drug alleviated depression within 40 minutes in a study that included 18 participants. Ketamine could be developed for a new treatment of depression. All of the study participants had failed to respond to multiple drugs.
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A cooperative venture between the National Bipolar Foundation and the MedicAlert Foundation has produced “Safe 'til Stable,” an innovative emergency response service that provides a safety net for people who have bipolar disorder. Safe ‘til Stable is a major breakthrough in the field of mental health.
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Symptoms of bipolar disorder typically begin during early adulthood, and experts used to believe they would last a lifetime. But new research indicates that nearly half of people who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder between the ages of 18 and 25 may outgrow the condition by the time they are 30 years old.
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AstraZeneca sales over $5 billion a year worldwide from its drug Seroquel alone. Recently it has come to the attention of the public of the astronomical lawsuit defense costs as a result of failing to adequately warn about the serious side effects the drug carries. At the present, these are only allegations. The decision is now left up to the courts to decide is this is true. The costs have exceeded the extent of the liability insurance coverage for defense costs against the medication.
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Abnormalities in the genes that control circadian rhythms (rhythms of approximately 24 hours, also called biological clock) contribute to the development of bipolar disorder (manic depression), suggests a study presented at the Eighth International Conference on bipolar disorder. Finding may lead to development of new treatments for bipolar disorder.
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Dysphoria, the a state of feeling unwell or unhappy, is dangerously threatening young and inexperienced marijuana users. Researchers and officials warn that marijuana's rise in potency poses serious risk to youth drug users including Dysphoria and paranoia.
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WellPoint announced the expansion of its innovative disease management program designed to help improve the care accessed by members in its affiliated health plans suffering from Bipolar Disorder.
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Bipolar disorder is a serious brain illness. It is also called manic-depressive illness. Children with bipolar disorder go through unusual mood changes.
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Bipolar disorder (BD) identified in childhood often persisted into adulthood in the first large follow-up study of its kind.
