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pinnaclehealthresources.staywellsolutionsonline.com — “Ronald Reagan died of Alzheimer's disease. Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Rock singer Sting has bipolar disorder. When the famous among us get sick, it makes the news, no matter what the illness. Here's a quiz to see if you're up-to-date on celebrities' health, both past and present.” View full resource at pinnaclehealthresources.staywellsolutionsonline.com

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Chronic Stress May Cause Long-Lasting Epigenetic Changes | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Long-term exposure to a common stress hormone may leave a lasting mark on the genome and influence how genes that control mood and behavior are expressed, a mouse study led by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The finding, published in the September issue of Endocrinology, could eventually lead to new ways to explain and treat depression, bipolar disorder, and other mental illnesses...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Bipolar Disorder Does Not Increase Risk Of Violent Crime | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “A new study from Sweden's Karolinska Institutet suggests that bipolar disorder - or manic-depressive disorder - does not increase the risk of committing violent crime. Instead, the over-representation of individuals with bipolar disorder in violent crime statistics is almost entirely attributable to concurrent substance abuse...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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MSD Receives European Approval Of Its Atypical Antipsychotic Medication SYCREST(R) For The Treatment Of Manic Episodes In Bipolar I Disorder | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “MSD (MSD is a tradename of Merck & Co., Inc., with headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J., U.S.A). announced today that the European Commission has approved the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for SYCREST (asenapine) sublingual tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in adults...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Emerging Bipolar Treatments And New Research Are Causing An Upsurge In Interest In The Disorder, Australia | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Interest and awareness about bipolar disorder are slowly shifting, largely due to emerging treatments and research, according to an article in a supplement to the current edition of the Medical Journal of Australia...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Bipolar Drug, Lamictal (Lamotrigine) Linked To Aseptic Meningitis, Warns FDA | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Lamictal (Lamotrigine), a medication approved by the FDA for the treatment of seizures and bipolar disorder, can cause aseptic meningitis, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has announced. Aseptic meningitis is inflammation of the meninges - the protective membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord, not caused by bacterial infection...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Ketamine May Relieve Depression Quickly For Those With Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Disorder | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “A single intravenous dose of the anesthetic agent ketamine appears to reduce symptoms of depression within 40 minutes among those with bipolar disorder who have not responded to other treatments, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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AACAP Announces Release Of Parents' Medication Guide For Bipolar Disorder In Children & Adolescents | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Today, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is proud to announce the release of the new Parents' Medication Guide for Bipolar Disorder in Children & Adolescents. The guide was developed by AACAP to give reliable information about medication used to treat bipolar disorder in children and adolescents to parents whose children have been diagnosed with the illness...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Voices of Bipolar Disorder: The Healing Companion: | Psydir News

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Shedding Light On How Psychiatric Risk Gene Disrupts Brain Development | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Scientists are making progress towards a better understanding of the neuropathology associated with debilitating psychiatric illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. New research, published by Cell Press in the July 15 issue of the journal Neuron, reveals mechanisms that connect a known psychiatric risk gene to disruptions in brain cell proliferation and migration during development...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Parental Age as a Risk Factor for Bipolar Disorder | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “Advanced parental age appears to confer increased risk for a variety of clinical neuroscience disorders. First described in Down syndrome, advanced parental age at conception has now been linked to schizophrenia and autism. Effects of advanced parental age on risk have been found for both fathers and mothers. Some disorders appear to have more risk with paternal age while other appear to have m...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Treating Insomnia in Depression with CBT-I | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “By Hannah Dunbar(Brain Posts Note: Hannah Dunbar is an Oral Roberts University student posting her last guest post today as part of her summer research project.)Insomnia is a common and pervasive problem in patients suffering from medical and psychiatric illnesses such as, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD) eating disorders and anxiety disorders. Even when the primary psychiatric ...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Single MRI Scan 'Could Help Diagnose Bipolar Disorder' | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “A single MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan may soon help hundreds of thousands of people with bipolar disorder to get a faster, more accurate - and possibly life-saving - diagnosis, a leading researcher reported at the Royal College of Psychiatrists' International Congress...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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Understanding the Switch Process in Bipolar Disorder | Psydir News

news.psydir.com — “(Brain Post Note: Hannah Dunbar is a summer research student from Oral Roberts University. Today she will be summarizing some of the key issues in the neurobiology of the switch process in bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a somewhat unique mental disorder in that the onset of a mood swing can be quite dramatic--a patient with bipolar disorder can be fine one day and manic the next. It is ...” View full resource at news.psydir.com

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