News: August 2011
This page provides an archive of the news stories from August 2011.
 | Similarities Found in Bipolar and Schizophrenic Brains by Daniel Bader - 08-31-2011 Researchers have found similarities between the brains of those with bipolar disorder and the brains of those with schizophrenia, according to this article in the Irish Medical Times. Lead author, Professor David Cotter, found that not only are the ... |
 | PsychCentral Criticizes EMPowerPlus by Daniel Bader - 08-30-2011 In a battle over effectiveness between names that don't use spaces, PsychCentral has published an interesting editorial criticizing EMPowerPlus, a vitamin treatment put out by TrueHope. The criticism has two forks. First, it criticizes TrueHope for... |
 | Ruling Could Extend Benefit Parity by Daniel Bader - 08-29-2011 Many American states have what are called "parity acts". These states mandate that a certain amount of health coverage be provided for mental illness, so as to create parity with non-mental health illnesses. Though these laws are in place in many s... |
 | Indiana Supreme Court: Societal Protection Not Grounds For Guilty Verdict by Daniel Bader - 08-27-2011 A quite interesting case involving bipolar disorder just went before the Supreme Court in Indiana. In January, Thomas Eugene Curtis was convicted of murdering his wife, Crystal Curtis. There was no question that he had killed her, but the question ... |
 | Daniel Johnston: Publicly Bipolar by Daniel Bader - 08-26-2011 I've recently discovered Daniel Johnston, the singer, songwriter and artist who suffers from bipolar disorder. His songs have been played by Tom Waits, among others, and he performs his own music live. He is also an artist, and while his art looks ... |
 | Four in Ten Workers Do Not Disclose Mental Illnesses by Daniel Bader - 08-25-2011 Sane Research today put out a study about mental illness in the workplace in Australia. The results are not especially surprising, but are still disconcerting. First, they discovered that four in ten workers never disclose their mental illnesses to... |
 | Bipolar Linked to Morning Sickness: Eurekalert by Daniel Bader - 08-24-2011 The Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease published an article this month linking an extreme form of morning sickness, hyperemesis gravidarum, with bipolar disorder. People were asked whether or not their mothers had extreme morning... |
 | Bipolar Disoder and Leadership: Nassir Ghaemi by Daniel Bader - 08-23-2011 Nassir Ghamei has written a new book called "A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness", which examines the connection between mood disorders and mental illnesses. This isn't just an amateur work, either. Dr. ... |
 | Bipolar Men and Suicide: The Missourian by Daniel Bader - 08-22-2011 The Missourian had an excellent article yesterday about the issue of suicide in middle-aged men. The article brought together a number of the issues surrounding the problem, including the higher "success" rate among men who try to commit suicide, th... |
 | Bipolar Disorder and Pleas: U.S. v. Miranda by Daniel Bader - 08-20-2011 On Thursday the 18th, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against Omar R. Santiago Miranda. He had argued that, because of a combination of drug use, coercion by is family and bipolar disorder, his admission of guilt was not actually voluntary. However... |
 | Mental Illness in California Prisons by Daniel Bader - 08-19-2011 The Los Angeles Times wrote an article today about the state of treatment for those with mental illness in California prisons. As you may know, this May, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the overcrowding in California prisons consti... |
 | "Locked Up and Forgotten" in Uganda by Daniel Bader - 08-18-2011 Today's issue of the Daily Monitor wrote an article today about the CNN documentary called "Locked Up and Forgotten". The article cited the documentary's discussion of how poor treatment is of mental illness and learning disabilities is in Uganda. ... |
 | Some Antipsychotics Better For Acute Mania: The Lancet by Daniel Bader - 08-17-2011 In today's edition of the major medical journal, The Lancet, a new meta-analysis appeared arguing that three antipsychotic drugs, specifically haloperidol, risperidone (Risperdal) and olanzopine (Zyprexa) were more effective than the old stalwarts, l... |
 | Creativity-Based Treatments? by Daniel Bader - 08-16-2011 An interesting article was written today on the website Science Network: Western Australia. The author does a good job of drawing together some of the scientific evidence concerning the connection of creativity and bipolar disorder, something that h... |
 | Atypical Antipsychotics and Diabetes: Dr. Ponder by Daniel Bader - 08-15-2011 Doctor Steve Ponder wrote an interesting article yesterday about the side effects of what are called "atypical antipsychotics", which are the latest generation of antipsychotic medications and widely used in treating bipolar disorder (including bipol... |
 | "Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids" by Daniel Bader - 08-12-2011 Independent Online has recently written an article about last year's BBC documentary "Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids". The documentary explores the question of whether or not treatment of ADHD and now bipolar disorder in children is an attem... |
 | Genetic Link Discovered Between ADHD and Autism by Daniel Bader - 08-11-2011 Yesterday, there was a very interesting article in the Winnipeg Free Press called "Researchers find new ADHD genes, some also seen in autism, schizophrenia". The article isn't about bipolar disorder exactly, but about the connection between ADHD (att... |
