My First Admission
Tuesday February 28, 2006
I just got back home today. I've been away since last week. I was hospitalized for terrible mixed states that wouldn't let up - up one minute, confused, angry the ... Read More
Mental Illness in the White House
Thursday February 23, 2006
Jonathan Davidson in conjunction with Kathryn Connor and Marvin Swartz, all psychiatrists at Duke University Medical Center, conducted a study aimed at evaluating past presidents for mental illness. They ... Read More
Symptoms of Bipolar Depression - Emotional Pain
Thursday February 23, 2006
The third group of depressive episode symptoms comes under the heading of Emotional Pain and includes prolonged sadness, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, despair or helplessness, and loss of self-esteem. Any ... Read More
Lupus & Bipolar Disorder
Wednesday February 15, 2006
Problems caused in the nervous system by systemic lupus erythematosus (aka Lupus and SLE) include mood disorder and psychosis, which lead to the question of a link between lupus and ... Read More
Symptoms of Bipolar Depression: Physical Changes
Tuesday February 14, 2006
Anyone who thinks depression is all in one's head has never been depressed - or never realized it. Depression affects more than the mind - it has significant physical symptoms ... Read More
MRI Indicators of Bipolar Disorder: Affect of Age and Medication
Tuesday February 14, 2006
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have been using MRIs to research bipolar disorder. Specifically they are measuring a part of the brain that regulates emotions, the ventral ... Read More
How Children Present Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
Tuesday February 7, 2006
Children with bipolar disorder experience more enduring and rapidly changing symptoms of the disease than adults, according to a study that, for the first time, maps the clinical progression of ... Read More
How Do People Use Medical Information and Support on the Internet?
Thursday February 2, 2006
A research team led by Professor Tom Postmes, an internationally renowned expert in social effects of online interaction, with the University of Exeter has set up a research study to ... Read More
Promising New Treatments for SAD
Wednesday February 1, 2006
The February 2006 edition of the American Psychological Association’s Monitor discusses treatments for Seasonal Affective Disorder. Tori DeAngelis writes, “Many studies have verified and refined the notion that light ... Read More