Bipolar Disorder - Articles
Bipolar Disorder
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Clueless C.
... o, I could feel it in my sinus, my body's temperature was really weird and basically, I think, it affected my emotions. Well, if you had manic-depression, which is now called bipolar disorder, this is sort of what it would be like on a day to day or weekly basis depending on the exact diagnosis, not knowing how you are going to be day to day. I don ...
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Bipolar disorder is chemical disorder
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Dr. Richard Keller
According to the National Institute of Mental Health approximately 2.6% of Americans 18 years or older have bipolar disorder. Significantly, there is now further evidence that it is a brain chemistry disorder. A study in Molecular Psychiatry reports that specific chemical abnormali ...
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NIMH & Bipolar Disorder
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Kate McLaughlin.
The National Institute of Mental Health, funded by our tax dollars, has developed an excellent informational pamphlet about bipolar disorder. Useful for new patients, families, friends and support personnel, the easy-to-read publication, excerpted below, answers frequently asked questions about the ...
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Bipolar Disorder
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Noman Khan
What is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is an illness involving one or more episodes of serious mania and depression. The illness causes a person’s ...
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JOURNAL: Stress and Bipolar Disorder
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annhertel
I am not working on a research paper for one of my classes in which my topic will be how and why does stress "trigger" or exacerbate bipolar episode. I will be looking prefrontal cortex chemistry, the HPA axis, and stress reactivity in bipolar patients. I think I will post the paper on here once it is done ...
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Blood Test for Bipolar Disorder
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Anonymous Mom
... ficacy and decreased side-effects. The fact that Eli Lilly funded this research is unsettling to say the least... but if this turns out to be the definitive blood test for bipolar disorder, what will the folks who don't believe in mental illness make of it? And, will the test confirm the diagnoses of all the children that have recently been dia ...
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Treatment available for Bipolar Disorder (Manic-Depressive Illness)
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Nancie ..
... ognize some of these signs and symptoms in yourself or your loved ones or friends, you/they may need medical attention, please consult the medical physician. The good news is Bipolar Disorder can be treated and with medical plus other helps people with bipolar disorder can lead a productive life)The following is extracted from an article taken from ...
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About Bipolar Disorder (Manic-depressive illness)
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Nancie ..
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... ges you to reproduce them and use them in your efforts to improve public health. Citation of the National Institute of Mental Health as a source is appreciated."Introduction Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function. Different from th ...
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