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Manic-Depressive Illness

10 Yoga Poses for Emotional Balance

Heal your life force, find peace of mind, and relieve your depressive or bipolar symptoms. By Liz Owen If you have ever been in a situation where you feel tense, stressed, or unable to calm down, you have probably experienced...

E.Lilly to pay $62 mln to settle Zyprexa case -NYT

Oct 7 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co has agreed to pay $62 million to settle claims that it improperly marketed its blockbuster schizophrenia drug, Zyprexa, to patients who were not approved users, the New York Times said on its...

Side-Effects of Antipsychotics

A new federally funded study will examine ways to control the metabolic side effects associated with the use of the newer atypical antipsychotic medications in children with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. The use of...

U of L law professor, other legal professionals shed light on mental illnesses

Hope, life, work all are possible By last year, University of Louisville law professor James T.R. Jones was about to reveal publicly a secret he feared could be a career-killer -- his severe mental illness. And on the West...

George replied to the discussion Bipolar disorder and Type 1 diabetes

I'm wondering does anyone else have bipolar disorder and Type 1 diabetes? Have you had problems managing your diabetes and bipolar disorder? Have they put you on atypical antipsychotics? I'm wondering this because I was...

'Bipolar Disorder and the Family' Oct. 4

The Intensive Family Support Services IFSS) of Middlesex County will present the seminar, "Bipolar Disorder and the Family," 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at UMDNJ-University Behavioral Healthcare, 151 Centennial Ave., Piscataway.

[Clinical & Research News] Gene Study Reveals Clues to Bipolar Disorder Physiology

Jun Yan Genetic findings converge with previous research to reveal what goes wrong in the nervous system of bipolar patients. A group of researchers in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada found significant association...

October 2008 Mental Health Awareness Events

Welcome to October, lovely readers! Home to Halloween, my birthday, and a plethora of mental health- and brain-related awareness events: Brain Injury Awareness Month - The Brain Injury Association of America offers free,...

Common Gene Mutation Lowers Risk for Bipolar Disorder (HealthDay)

By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter Mon Sep 29, 11:46 PM ET MONDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- "[Our] findings show that a natural, common mutation in the GRIK4 gene protects against bipolar disorder," said Ben Pickard,...

A story of recovery that bears repeating

This is the first recovery story I read and then in turn published that made me believe I could get well. I published it the first time in the first week or two that I started this blog. I am reprinting it now because I...