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Depression is the pits - and the reason (again) that I got behind in archiving newsletters. But I've finally come through, and here are the last five issues:

• July 8 - Celebrities List / Steroids and BP / What Causes BP?
• July 15 - Van Gogh Profile / Stability vs. Creativity / Art Gallery
• July 22 - DUI and Prescriptions / Summer and Meds / Anxiety Disorders
• July 29 - Diagnosis / St. John's Wort / The Kindling Model
• August 5 - Andy Behrman Interview / Red Flags / Suicide Crisis Resources

Synopsis of the five newsletters follows.

July 8, 2005
Thanks to Joy Ikelman for allowing us to carry on her famous list of bipolar celebrities; Steroids and Bipolar Disorder; What Causes BP? Also: legal issues; dissociative disorders; desyrel; mood stabilizers; significant others.

July 15, 2005
Profile of artist Vincent Van Gogh; stability versus creativity in bipolar disorder; community art gallery. Also: paranoia; children and medications; newly diagnosed; children's relaxation book; anosognosia; no insurance - no money.

July 22, 2005
A harrowing experience - driving under the influence of medications; special concerns about meds in summertime; the effect of anxiety disorders on manic depression. Also: Klonopin; stigma; Margot Kidder; Nortriptyline.

July 29, 2005
Diagnosing bipolar disorder; St. John's wort and BP; the "kindling" model. Also: personal markers; Lamictal; Ben Stiller; hypersexuality; Dick Cavett's bipolar depression; TrueHope.

August 5, 2005
BP Magazine interviews Andy Behrman; Red Flags to bipolar disorder; suicide crisis resources. Also: children and psychiatric medications; advocacy; Depakote; ECT experiences; advice for teens; pressured speech.