Bipolar Disorder:
Articles on Bipolar Disorder, Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder, Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
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Oct 27th, 2009
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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Oct 2nd, 2009
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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Aug 23rd, 2009
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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Jul 18th, 2009
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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May 14th, 2009
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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Jan 9th, 2009
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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Nov 17th, 2008
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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Oct 29th, 2008
Bipolar disorder (BD) identified in childhood often persisted into adulthood in the first large follow-up study of its kind.
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Oct 10th, 2008
AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved once-daily SEROQUEL XR (quetiapine fumarate) Extended-Release Tablets for the acute treatment of the depressive episodes associated with bipolar disorder, the manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder, and the maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder as adjunctive therapy to lithium or divalproex.
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Sep 1st, 2008
Mood in bipolar disorder may swing from euphoria and/or extreme irritability (defined as ´mania´) to depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure (´bipolar depression´). Less severe mood elevation (hypomanic episodes) characterise so-called Bipolar II disorder.