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Shedding Light On How Psychiatric Risk Gene Disrupts Brain Development
(Jul 16, 2010 07:00)
Scientists are making progress towards a better understanding of the neuropathology associated with debilitating psychiatric illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. New research, published ..
Psychiatrist Calls For More Research Into Combination Treatments
(Jun 24, 2010 08:00)
Better treatment for people with bipolar disease and other mental illnesses is likely to come from properly tested combinations of existing therapies, according to leading psychiatry researcher Profes..
Single MRI Scan 'Could Help Diagnose Bipolar Disorder'
(Jun 24, 2010 08:00)
A single MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan may soon help hundreds of thousands of people with bipolar disorder to get a faster, more accurate - and possibly life-saving - diagnosis, a ..
MSU Researcher Identifies Links Between Hypertension, Bipolar Disorders
(Jun 11, 2010 09:00)
Nearly half of patients hospitalized with bipolar disorder may suffer from hypertension, and the younger a person is diagnosed with the psychiatric condition the more likely they are to develop high ..
California Full-Service Partnership Program Is Cost Effective
(Jun 9, 2010 07:00)
Full-Service Partnerships (FSPs) are designed to do 'whatever it takes' to improve residential stability and mental health outcomes for homeless persons with serious mental illness. They are the c..
Lithium Therapy Improvement By Reduction Of Its Toxicity
(Jun 9, 2010 07:00)
Lithium is the most effective treatment for bipolar disorder. However, its use is limited because of neurological side effects and a risk for overdose-induced toxicity. Many of the beneficial effe..
Risk/Benefit Analysis: Potential Drug Target Has Key Role In The Heart
(Jun 2, 2010 08:00)
Inhibitors of GSK-3 proteins are being developed as potential therapeutics for numerous conditions, including bipolar disorder, Alzheimer disease, and diabetes...
What Is Schizoaffective Disorder? What Causes Schizoaffective Disorder?
(Jun 2, 2010 07:00)
Schizoaffective disorder is characterized by a combination of schizophrenia and affective (mood) disorder symptoms - there is disagreement on whether it is a type of mood disorder or schizophrenia..
Revealing Lithium's Mode Of Action
(May 24, 2010 07:00)
Though it has been prescribed for over 50 years to treat bipolar disorder, there are still many questions regarding exactly how lithium works. However, in a study appearing in this month's Journal of ..
Possible Link Between Over-Diagnosis Of Bipolar Disorder And Disability Payments
(May 20, 2010 12:00)
A study from Rhode Island Hospital finds patients who were "over-diagnosed" with bipolar disorder were more likely to have received disability payments and for a longer period of time. The researc..
Children Currently Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder Need More Than The Proposed Diagnostic Change
(May 20, 2010 11:00)
Shifting children from the controversial diagnosis of bipolar disorder to one that more accurately reflects their symptoms will not by itself decrease the rate of psychopharmacologic treatment and is ..
Seriously Mentally Ill Are Three Times More Likely To Be Imprisoned Than Hospitalized, Report Finds
(May 13, 2010 10:00)
USA Today: "On average, a seriously mentally ill person in the USA is three times more likely to be incarcerated than hospitalized, a report concludes today...
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