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Mania linked to desire for fame, success: study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 02, 2009 |
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People with manic or bipolar tendencies have higher expectations of what they can achieve in terms of success, money and fame, a new study published Monday finds.
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A new mouse model of mania
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Bipolar Disorder (BPD or manic-depressive illness) is one of the most serious of all mental disorders, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Affected individuals alternate between states of deep depression and mania.
Study suggests new treatment approach needed for management of depression with bipolar disorder
Feb 11, 2009 |
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In a study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, a team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic psychiatrist Mark Frye, M.D., attempted to identify what factors make some people with bipolar depression more likely to exp ...
FDA weighs approval of psychiatric drugs for kids
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Three blockbuster psychiatric drugs currently approved for adults also appear to work in adolescents, though federal health officials have concerns about exposing younger patients to the drugs' side effects.
Bright light therapy eases bipolar depression for some
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Bright light therapy can ease bipolar depression in some patients, according to a study published in the journal Bipolar Disorders. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine’s Western Psychiatric Instit ...
American gamer chronicles Japan's vibrant arcade culture in book
Jan 20, 2009 |
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The death of the video game arcade has not, alas, been greatly exaggerated. For gamers older than 30, memories of plugging endless quarters into Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat and After Burner cabinets are just that: memories. ...
Irritability should be considered when diagnosing bipolar disorder in children
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 24, 2009 |
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A new study from Bradley Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, as well as two other institutions, adds to mounting evidence that clinicians consider irritability as a symptom when diagnosing pediatric ...
Researchers Discover How Lithium Works
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Despite more than 30 years of widespread use of lithium to control psychiatric disorders, such as bipolar disorder, scientists have been uncertain about how this drug actually works on a molecular level.
'Wake-Up Pill' Under Study to Treat Patients with Bipolar Disorder
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Aug 01, 2007 |
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A preliminary study of 85 patients with bipolar disorder shows that a drug used to treat patients with sleep disorders might also control the depressive symptoms associated with bipolar disorder. At least 44 percent of the ...
Seeing mental illness in a different light
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Part of Tom Wootton's standard opening to his talks on mental illness is to pause, scan the audience and call for a show of hands.
Gene knockout may cheer up mice
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knocko ...
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