Topic: Bipolar Disorder

FDA staff worried about lung risk with Alexza drug

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alexza Pharmaceutical's experimental drug for calming down patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can cause severe lung problems, U.S. Food and Drug Administration reviewers said.In review documents released late on Wednesday, FDA staff said they were unsure whether Adasuve ...

Could acute postpartum blues signal bipolar disorder

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women treated for severe psychiatric conditions including major depression shortly after giving birth were more likely to be diagnosed as bipolar later in life compared to those whose first psychiatric episode happened at any other time, in ...

Could acute postpartum blues signal bipolar disorder?

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women treated for severe psychiatric conditions including major depression shortly after giving birth were more likely to be diagnosed as bipolar later in life compared to those whose first psychiatric episode happened at any other time, in ...

Axe taken to Sino-Forest shares

It was a bipolar week for China watchers. First Morgan Stanley says it will invest $50 million in YONG. Then Muddy Waters swings its axe in the direction of TRE.It was the best of times and the worst of times last week ...
Catherine Zeta-Jones' admission that she has bipolar disorder has been welcomed by mental health groups as helping fight the stigma attached to the disease, which afflicts a number of celebrities.Doctors also emphasize that the Welsh actress, treated following the stress of husband ...

Catherine Zeta-Jones treated for bipolar disorder

Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has checked into a mental health clinic to treat her bipolar disorder after helping her husband Michael Douglas fight against cancer, a publicist said."After dealing with the stress of the past year, Catherine made the decision to check into ...

Bipolar disorder vastly undertreated: study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bipolar disorder, a brain disorder that strikes early and can cause lifelong disability, is chronically undertreated in many low-income countries, government researchers reported on Monday.Their survey of more than 61,000 patients suggests 2.4 percent of the world's population may ...

Poor reporting mars 'gold standard' drug trials

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Skimpy reporting by medical journals has left German doctors trying to write psychiatric guidelines in a pickle: they don't know what studies to trust.After reviewing 105 supposedly 'gold standard' drug trials for bipolar disorder, they had to ...

Bipolarly Yours

I am caged in this body. ). Roaring with anger, I am tossed like a feather. (Perhaps a snack, or some tea... Sleepysue is a member of our Bipolar Disorder community, and originally posted this poem on our Forum..
Christopher Seekins, 30, was arrested for possession of more than 8 pounds of marijuana, but was found incompetent to stand trial. While Seekins argued that his possession of marijuana was not a serious enough crime to warrant involuntary medication, but the Court ...
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