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Abilify Receives Approval for Expanded Use in Children, Teens

Friday, May 9th, 2008
Abilify (aripiprazole), a commonly-prescribed antipsychotic medication used to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval yesterday for use within children for Bipolar I Disorder, and ...  Read more... »

Bipolar Disorder Overdiagnosed

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Less than half the people previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder actually met the diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis when assessed by a structured psychiatric clinical interview. The study concludes that while recent ...  Read more... »

Beware of Commercial Tests for Mental Disorders

Friday, April 25th, 2008
The unraveling of the human genome has lead to advances in determining genetic risk profiles for particular illnesses. Perhaps the best known and scientifically credible discovery is the link between ...  Read more... »

Omega-3s Uncertain for Bipolar

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
A new review of existing studies finds that there is still not enough evidence to say whether omega-3s are useful treatments for people with bipolar disorder. The summary comes despite ...  Read more... »

Cognitive Behavioral Therapies Effective for Bipolar

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Cognitive behavioral therapies are very valuable in the treatment of bipolar disorder according to a psychology professor who presented at a research conference in Melbourne today. Dr. Greg Murray's presentation drew ...  Read more... »

New Clues for Bipolar and Schizophrenia

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
A new discovery on how biochemical changes can alter the process of genes may be a significant step to fully understanding major psychosis. The biochemical alterations, called epigenetic changes, are prevalent among individuals with schizophrenia ...  Read more... »

Old Drug May Help Reduce Mania

Thursday, March 6th, 2008
A new provocative study suggests the off-label use of a drug known to treat breast cancer may provide benefit to bipolar patients suffering from mania. Animal studies and human pilot trials ...  Read more... »

Mood Biomarkers Aid Bipolar Treatment

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
A new research finding will provide objectivity to the nebulous clinical diagnosis (and treatment) of mood disorders -- mental health disturbances experienced by 44 million Americans each year. Mood ...  Read more... »

Brain Changes With Bipolar

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
According to a new study, people with manic depression have a distinct chemical signature in their brains. The research, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, may also indicate how the mood ...  Read more... »

Psychiatric Patients Often Have More Than One Diagnosis

Monday, January 14th, 2008
A new study discovers a majority of psychiatry outpatients have more than one disorder, and more than one-third have at least three disorders. Researchers found major depression as the most common ...  Read more... »
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