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January 23, 2012 by Depression Treatment Team
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The Depression Bipolar Support Alliance, Pinyon Ridge Chapter, meets every Monday at 6:30 p.m. If you are living with depressio…
Oxford Study: Lithium Still Best Long-Term Treatment for Bipolar
January 23, 2012 by Depression Treatment Team
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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. Bipolar disorder is fairly common and can occur at any age….
Therapist and author Kay Redfield Jamison will talk about her life with bipolar disorder
January 22, 2012 by Depression Treatment Team
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Unlike a lot of psychiatry experts who treat or research mental illness, Kay Redfield Jamison actually has one. The acclaimed Johns Hopkins psychiatry professor and best-selling author will share her personal struggle with manic depression, or bipolar …
Therapist and author Kay Redfield Jamison will talk about her life with bipolar disorder
January 22, 2012 by Depression Treatment Team
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Unlike a lot of psychiatry experts who treat or research mental illness, Kay Redfield Jamison actually has one. The acclaimed Johns Hopkins psychiatry professor and best-selling author will share her personal struggle with manic depression, or bipolar …
PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness
January 20, 2012 by Depression Treatment Team
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( BioMed Central ) The solvent tetrachloroethylene widely used in industry and to dry clean clothes is a neurotoxin known to cause mood changes, anxiety, and depression in people who work with it. New research published in BioMed Central's open acc…
Mazhar Jakhro, MD: What depression is, and what can be done about it
January 19, 2012 by Depression Treatment Team
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Depression is a common mental disorder that presents with a down mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy and poor concentration.
Ledger’s last days: ‘Euphoric highs, crashing lows’
January 19, 2012 by Depression Treatment Team
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A new biography claims the late Australian actor, Heath Ledger, may have had bipolar disorder.
Video: Studies show depression shrinks brain size
January 18, 2012 by Depression Treatment Team
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British doctors say latest scanning techniques show distinct differences and changes in volume in parts of the brain among patients with depression and bipolar disorder.
The Senators Firm Comments on New Study Linking Use of Antidepressant Medications During Pregnancy With Serious Lung Disorders in Infants
January 17, 2012 by Depression Treatment Team
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As part of its ongoing investigation of legal claims involving certain antidepressant medications that may cause birth defects and other adverse consequences to infants whose mothers ingested the drugs during pregnancy, The Senators (Ret.) Firm™, LLP…
My So-Called Bipolar Life
January 17, 2012 by Depression Treatment Team
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Claire Danes’s character in “Homeland” isn’t just like me. She is me.