Researchers Gain Insights Into Drugs Used For Manic-Depression
Many people who suffer from bipolar disorder, ormanic-depression, seem to respond best...onsible for helping control the wild moodswings of bipolar disorder. Used together, the drugs may achieve a desiredoutcome without causing dangerous side effec...Research Explains Lithium's Dual Anti-Manic/Anti-Depressive Effect
...choly that are the hallmark of manicdepression, or bipolar disorder. As reported in the current (July 7) Pro...ct. It has long been the drug of choice intreating bipolar disorder, which affects approximately 2.5 million Americans.Despite some side effects, lithium usual...Conference Celebrates Lithium's 50 Years As A Miracle Drug
...rch showing it helps prevent suicide in peoplewith bipolar disorder and may be effective in altering the cour...'s effectiveness inreducing suicide in people with bipolar disorder (manic-depression). Withouttreatment, about one out of every five people with bipolar diso...Promising new research on schizophrenia causes
...agnosed with schizophrenia, unipolar depression or bipolar disorder with psychosis, and individuals with no psychiatric abnormalities. They correctly identified those that came from psychotic patients by testing for levels of reelin. Controls in the experiment ruled out the possibility that the decrease in r...Duke eye researchers describe cascade of events that may lead to retinal degeneration
...ye. Wong's team focused on the so-called rod bipolar cells, specialized nerve cells that relay visual i...rain. "We found that as the rods die, the rod bipolar cells connected to them are still intact and want to communicate' with other nerve cells," said You-...New study highlights impact of bipolar disorder on society
...World Congress of Biological Psychiatry shows that bipolar disorder costs the UK more than 2 billion annually...by suicide among this population. Individuals with bipolar disorder suffer from excessive, disruptive swings in mood - from manic episodes, marked by impaired ...Magnetic stimulation may be as effective as electroconvulsive therapy in treating severe depression
... Janicak said. A total of 25 patients with either bipolar depression (also known as manic depression) or unipolar depression have thus far participated in the UIC study. They were randomly assigned to undergo a course of eithertranscranial magnetic stimulation (10 to 20 treatment sessions) or bitemporal ele...St. John's wort ineffective for depression
...gnoses of other disorders such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, being pregnant or at risk for pregnancy (planned or otherwise), and use of other drugs or remedies with psychoactive properties, among others. Patients were randomly assigned to receive St. John's wort (900 mg to 1,500 mg per day), sertrali...Reducing antiepileptics in VNS (TM) patients does not impair seizure control
...ressive episodes including unipolar depression and bipolar disorder (manic depression)....Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy (TM) more effective in epilepsy patients when used earlier
...ressive episodes including unipolar depression and bipolar disorder (manic depression)....Traditional healing may relieve symptoms of mental illness
...renia, six with delusional disorders, and two with bipolar disorder. No specific ceremonies to promote the recovery of patients are performed at the temple. Instead the patient is encouraged to take part in the daily maintenance routines of the temple. The researchers found a reduction of nearly 20% in psych...Pill-splitting can yield cost savings on common prescription drugs, Stanford researchers find
...ercent savings Olanzapine (Zyprexa)/Schizophrenia; bipolar disorder: 31 percent savings *average potential cost savings of pill-splitting, in percentage terms, over varying dosages of each medication...UT Southwestern researcher studies causes, treatment of bipolar disease coupled with drug abuse
...lained. The UT Southwestern researcher is studying bipolar disorder coupled with stimulant abuse. "Bipolar di...aid. Nejtek, head of dual-diagnosis research, said bipolar patients have a rate of substance abuse that is as high as 60 percent; cocaine abuse is reportedly a...Study results offer new hope for people with manic depression
...or the millions of people worldwide suffering from bipolar disorder. The results show that quetiapine, a new...y more effective at treating the manic symptoms of bipolar disorder than mood stabilizers alone. Critically, the results also show that quetiapine is well tol...First-ever conference on depression in college students to be held March 6-7 in Michigan
...s, and students who have dealt with depression and bipolar disorder in their own lives. The event will feature many workshops and discussion groups, as well as panel sessions, displays, a video documentary featuring students with depression, and a performance by Mentality, a U-M student advocacy group that e...Study suggests bipolar disorder may cause progressive brain damage
...cisco VA Medical Center indicates that people with bipolar disorder may suffer progressive brain damage. "Fo...chiatry. More than 2 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder, commonly known as manic depression. To date, there are no physiological markers used to di...Stanford, Packard research finds better drug therapy for children predisposed to bipolar disorder
...c problems who also have a high risk of developing bipolar disorder respond well to a mood-stabilizing drug, ...amine the drug's effect on children predisposed to bipolar disorder. The researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Ho...NIMH funds $1.98 million study of advance directives for patients with mental illnesses
... antidote to it." Many persons with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other serious mental illnesses are treated primarily in the community but may, intermittently, require hospitalization. In such situations, there is often little communication between inpatient and outpatient mental health service provid...Four-year data show risk of relapse is halved in Risperdal patients compared to haloperidol
...atients with dementia, acute mania associated with bipolar disorders and disruptive behaviour disorders. In addition to traditional tablets, Risperdal is available in oral solution, fast-dissolving tablets and as a long-acting injection, Risperdal Consta, the first and only such formulation for a modern ant...Risperdal (risperidone) produces continuous improvement of 'manic' symptoms in bipolar disorder
...y improves symptoms of acute mania in persons with bipolar disorder as early as one week after treatment begi...e percent of the worldwide population. People with bipolar disorder experience dramatic mood swings, from deep depression to acute mania (characterised by symp...