Bipolar Today News
This page is for keeping up to date on the latest news involving bipolar disorder. I’ll be looking at the current news and reporting on some of the latest developments. I’ll also be analyzing the stories in terms of how they are written and how their contents may affect those with bipolar disorder in the future.
I’ll try to cover two different types of stories. First, there will be stories that represent real developments in the treatment or history of bipolar disorder, such as discoveries or legal developments with relevance to the disorder. Second, I will cover stories of interest about the lives of those with bipolar disorder. This won’t be so much developments in the history of bipolar disorder, but information about life with the condition.
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Recent News
 | Lithium May Fix Damaged Nerves by Daniel Bader - 02-21-2012 An interesting study from the Paris Descartes University has made an promising discovery about the bipolar medication lithium and how it may affect patients who have damaged nerves. They discovered that, among mice who had had the nerves in their fa... |
 | Alabama Set to Close Four State Mental Hospitals by Daniel Bader - 02-20-2012 The state of Alabama has decided to close four of its state mental hospitals, simultaneously laying off 948 staff members. Alabama has already reduced funding for health by 36 percent since 2009, and closing these hospitals is a further cost-cutting... |
 | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Shows Promise: Study by Daniel Bader - 02-14-2012 A new form of therapy called mindfulness-based cognitive therapy has shown promise in a small, published study. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy combines some of the techniques of meditation with cognitive therapy. Participants are trained medit... |
 | Group Discusses Relationship of Seasonal Affective Disorder to Other Disorders by Daniel Bader - 02-13-2012 Science Cafe New Hampshire will be hosting an interesting discussion this week on how best to understand seasonal affective disorder and its relationship to other mental illnesses. The speakers will be Doctors Sonya Kelly and Jody Fine. They will d... |
 | Toronto Police Ask For Access To Tasers by Daniel Bader - 02-10-2012 Toronto is currently struggling with the province of Ontario over the use of tasers. The Deputy Chief, Michael Federico, has asked that front-line police officers be given access to tasers, so that they will have alternatives to using deadly force i... |
 | Phase III Cariprazine Trial Shows Positive Results by Daniel Bader - 02-09-2012 A new phase III trial of the atypical antipsychotic Cariprazine has apparently shown significant results. This is now the third randomized control trial of Cariprazine, and all three have shown that Cariprazine is effective against acute mania in pa... |
 | Alberta Inquiry Recommends Giving Mental Health Records to Police by Daniel Bader - 02-08-2012 Because of the death of Sylvie Claudette Latimer in Calgary in 2007, an inquiry has recommended that the RCMP be given access to confidential mental health records. Latimer committed suicide in prison in December 2007, despite having been noted as h... |
 | Bipolar Disorder in Pakistan by Daniel Bader - 02-07-2012 Nabiha Meher Shaikh, a bipolar woman in Pakistan, wrote recently about her experiences as someone who has bipolar disorder in Pakistan. Some of her experiences would be familiar to people in North America. For instance, most people will not disclos... |
 | Bipolar Rocker, Axl Rose, Turns 50 by Daniel Bader - 02-06-2012 Today is Axl Rose's 50th birthday. From the late-1980s until the early 1990s, he and his band Guns N' Roses was one of the most popular bands in North America. Their first major album, Appetite for Destruction, received critical acclaim at the time... |
 | Gordon Parker Discusses Depression and Diagnosis by Daniel Bader - 02-03-2012 Gordon Parker, a psychiatrist and founder of the Black Dog Institute, has given a very interesting interview on diagnosis of depression both in major depressive illness and in bipolar disorder. He believes that there is a problem with the categories... |
