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Friday | CiteULike

Acute and maintenance treatment with mood stabilizers

Treatment of bipolar disorder is complicated by the multiple phases of the illness, dimensional symptomatology that varies considerably across individuals, and a limited spectrum of activity for all mood stabilizers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Lithium (generic), Eskalith, Lithobid, Medication, Lamictal, Lamotrigine (generic)

Friday | CiteULike

Long-term symptomatic status of bipolar I vs. bipolar II disorders

Most bipolar disorder research has concentrated on episodes of MDD and mania and yet minor and subsyndromal symptoms are three times more common during the long-term course.

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Friday Feb 10 | Examiner.com

Common symptoms of bipolar disorder and bpd

Despite the fact that BPD and bipolar disorder are vastly different psychiatric conditions with very different causes as well as treatments the two are very often confused and even misdiagnosed by mental health professionals.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Depression

Friday Feb 10 | PsychCentral

Best of Our Blogs: February 10, 2012

There are lulls, obstacles and challenges that come with day-to-day life. It's the silent phone when you're waiting for a call back from a potential employer/client or a person you really like.

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Sat Feb 04, 2012

CiteULike

Reduced activation in the mirror neuron system during a virtual...

However, there has been a lack of studies identifying neural substrates responsible for social cognitive difficulties in BD patients.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Science / Technology, Virtual Reality

CiteULike

[Cognitive 'Theory of Mind' processing in bipolar disorder].

Bipolar disorder is associated to persistent functional impairments. Although many researches have shown that bipolar individuals might have cognitive deficits, a small number of studies evaluated the role of problems of social cognitive Theory of Mind processing in the emergence of bipolar disorder's symptoms and its possible social poor outcomes.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

ContactMusic.com

Nick Carter - Leslie Carter Took Mixture Of Prescription Drugs Before Death

Singer Nick Carter's sister Leslie suffered an overdose after taking a mixture of prescription drugs to treat depression and mental illness, according to an incident report filed by emergency service officials.

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Related Topix: Depression

Sun Jan 29, 2012

Psychology Today

Could You Have a Lithium Deficiency?

When one mentions lithium, most people have a negative reaction. They think of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , drooling, and lobotomies.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lithium (generic), Eskalith, Lithobid, Medication, Health, Gout, Recipes, Depression, Supplement, DHA

Fri Jan 27, 2012

Psychology Today

Yeah TEAM-- Final Score: Correct Diagnosis 1, Bipolar Children Diagnosis 0

A long-running NIMH initiative, the Treatment of Early Age Mania study presented its most recent scientific paper on October 21st, 2011, at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Toronto, Canada and published its findings online at the website of the Archives of General Psychiatry ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Psychiatry, Health, Medication, Risperdal, Risperidone (generic), Lithium (generic), Eskalith, Lithobid, ADHD

CiteULike

New ways to classify bipolar disorders: going from categorical groups ...

Current psychiatric disorder classifications are based exclusively on categorical models, which were designed to increase the reliability of diagnoses.

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Wed Jan 25, 2012

About.com

Lithium Toxicity

The window between the therapeutic dose of lithium and the toxic dose is almost vanishingly small.

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Related Topix: Lithium (generic), Eskalith, Lithobid, Medicine, Medication, Health

Mon Jan 23, 2012

Medical News Today

Lithium For Bipolar Disorder - Pros And Cons Unclear

The most effective long-term treatment for bipolar disorder is lithium. It offers protection against depression and mania and reduces the risk of suicide and short-term mortality.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lithium (generic), Eskalith, Lithobid, Medication, Health, Depression, Thyroid (generic), Armour Thyroid, Hair Loss

Sun Jan 22, 2012

HealthCentral

What I Know and Don't Know About Bipolar 2 - Froma

Everyone who has bipolar disorder has their own specific problems. And while I know quite a lot about bipolar, my personal experience is limited to occasional hypomanic episodes and a ton of depressive episodes.

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PsychCentral

Oxford Study: Lithium Still Best Long-Term Treatment for Bipolar

Physicians should feel confident prescribing lithium for patients with bipolar disorder, according to an Oxford University study in which the potential side effects of the drug were evaluated.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lithium (generic), Eskalith, Lithobid, Medication, Health, Depression

Sat Jan 21, 2012

The Orlando Sentinel

Therapist and author Kay Redfield Jamison will talk about her life with bipolar disorder

Unlike a lot of psychiatry experts who treat or research mental illness , Kay Redfield Jamison actually has one.

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Related Topix: Health, Depression, Rollins College

Fri Jan 20, 2012

Journal Watch

Meta-Analysis Offers Advice on Monitoring During Lithium Therapy

Lithium's side effects should prompt regular clinical monitoring, but a meta-analysis in the Lancet "reaffirms its role as a treatment of choice for bipolar disorder," according to commentators.

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Related Topix: Lithium (generic), Eskalith, Lithobid, Medicine, Medication, Health

About.com

New Information Links Lithium to Thyroid, Parathyroid Problems

A new review published today in The Lancet found that in addition to the known potential for causing weight gain, taking lithium may increase the activity of the thyroid and parathyroid glands.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Lithium (generic), Eskalith, Lithobid, Medication, Health

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Bipolar Drug May Spur Weight Gain, Thyroid Problems: Review

THURSDAY, Jan. 19 -- A new medical review finds that lithium, a common treatment for bipolar disorder, can lead to weight gain and causes high rates of abnormalities in the thyroid and parathyroid glands.

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Related Topix: Thyroid (generic), Armour Thyroid, Medicine, Medication, Lithium (generic), Eskalith, Lithobid, Health, Hair Loss

Mon Jan 16, 2012

Sys-Con Media

New Treatment for Patients with Bipolar I Disorder

First sublingual treatment for moderate to severe manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder, one of the leading causes of disability[1] affecting an estimated 623,000 patients in the UK,[2,3] becomes available today[4] Lundbeck Ltd today announced that SycrestA is being launched in the UK for the treatment of moderate to severe manic ... (more)

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