News: September 2011
This page provides an archive of the news stories from September 2011.
 | TV's "Homeland" Has Bipolar Main Character by Daniel Bader - 09-30-2011 The creative team that originally developed the show 24 has recently created a new show for the Showtime network called "Homeland". The show includes in its cast a character named Carrie Mathison, played by Claire Danes. Mathison, who is a CIA anal... |
 | Bipolar Medication Costs Expected To Fall by Daniel Bader - 09-29-2011 Decision Resources, a think tank that works in the biomedical field, has put forward a report arguing that the cost of bipolar drugs is expected to fall from $6.5 billion today to about $4 billion by 2020. The reason is that three of the most common... |
 | Mind Media Award Nominees Announced by Daniel Bader - 09-28-2011 The Mind Media Awards, an award given for best presentation of mental illness in England and Wales, has announced its list of nominees for the best presentations of mental illness in the media. Several presentations related to bipolar disorder have ... |
 | Integrating Faith Into Therapy: MLive by Daniel Bader - 09-27-2011 MLive had an interesting article yesterday about the relationship between therapy and religious belief. On the one hand, they argue, there has been a historical tension between religious belief and psychology, as the latter has tended to see religio... |
 | Was Winston Churchill Bipolar?: BBC by Daniel Bader - 09-27-2011 The BBC has put forward an interesting opinion piece about Winston Churchill. In it, they argue that, while Winston Churchill was probably not mentally ill, it was his passionate nature that allowed him to see the danger that the Nazis pose and avoi... |
 | Brain Harvesting Practices Lead to Law Suit by Daniel Bader - 09-23-2011 A significant lawsuit has opened up in Maine over consent in the harvesting of brains for research. Anne Mozingo is suing the Maryland Stanley Medical Research Institute and their representatives in Maine, Matthew Cyr. Her husband's brain was one o... |
 | Book Describes Bipolar Life From a Parental Perspective by Daniel Bader - 09-22-2011 A new book called God Placed Her in My Path details the struggles of a bipolar mother in dealing with her daughter's bipolar disorder. The disorder began for her daughter in childhood, as early as grade three. He daughter was diagnosed with ADHD an... |
 | More Genetic Markers Found for Bipolar Disorder by Daniel Bader - 09-21-2011 Two new studies in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Nature Genetics have found yet more genetic markers both of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The evidence shows eleven different genetic markers that are seen in a statistically si... |
 | Filipino Café Celebrates Bipolar Disorder by Daniel Bader - 09-20-2011 In Quezon City, Philippines, a popular restaurant celebrates being bipolar not only in its name, "Van Gogh is Bipolar", but also in its menu and style. The restaurant is owned by Jetro Rafael, who is himself bipolar, and he uses cooking as a form of... |
 | Michael Schratter Wins CMHA Award by Daniel Bader - 09-19-2011 I've covered Michael Schratter's "Ride Don't Hide" tour around the world in a previous news segment. It looks like I wasn't the only one who had taken note of his bicycle tour. The Canadian Mental Health Association has just given its very first Na... |
 | Inflammation and Bipolar Linked: ECNP by Daniel Bader - 09-16-2011 Dr. Michael Berk gave a paper at the recent ECNP conference arguing for a possible link between inflammation and bipolar disorder. He argued that reducing inflammation might prevent some of the damage done to the brain during manic episodes. Bipola... |
 | Bipolar Mortality Rates Increasing: BMJ by Daniel Bader - 09-15-2011 According to a recent study in the British Medical Journal, the mortality rate among those with both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder increased between 1999 and 2006. Not only this, but the relative mortality of those with schizophrenia and bipola... |
 | Carrie Fisher Discusses Addiction, Creativity by Daniel Bader - 09-14-2011 A.V. Club has published an interview with Carrie Fisher, best known as Princess Leia from the Star Wars trilogy, but perhaps better described as an author, who has written such works as Postcards from the Edge. She has been very public about her bip... |
 | Family-to-Family Education Program Starts by Daniel Bader - 09-13-2011 The National Alliance on Mental Illness is offering a twelve-week course on mental illness that is specifically oriented to the families of those who have mental health problems. In the course, symptoms of various mental illnesses are covered. Howe... |
 | Maurice M. Rapport Dead at 91 by Daniel Bader - 09-12-2011 You may not recognize the name, but Maurice M. Rapport was among the discoverers of the neurotransmitter Seratonin, one of those who named it, and also was the first person to discover its molecular structure as 5-hydroxytryptamine. Discovering its ... |
 | ECNP Webcasts Now Online by Daniel Bader - 09-09-2011 The webcasts from the annual ECNP congress are now available on their website. The site includes every major presentation of the conference, including several on bipolar disorder. One of the symposia is by the "European Network of Bipolar Expert Ce... |
 | Chronic Pediatric Irritation Not Bipolar Disorder: ECNP by Daniel Bader - 09-08-2011 I'll be continuing my coverage of the ECNP congress in Paris today. An important talk was given by Doctor Ellen Leibenluft, who argued that a common mistake in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children is to confuse it with chronic irritability.... |
 | Major ECNP Conference Studies Disability, Youth by Daniel Bader - 09-07-2011 This week in Paris, France, the ECNP or European College of Neuropsychopharmachology has its annual conference. At this conference, specialists in the field of neuropsychopharmacology will come together to discuss numerous issues in their field. Ne... |
 | California Emergency Rooms Overwhelmed With Mentally Ill by Daniel Bader - 09-06-2011 The Los Angeles Times just ran an article about the shortcomings of recent cutbacks to psychiatric facilities in the state. People who are having serious episodes of mental illness, including people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, are house... |
 | "Temper Dysregulation Disorder With Dysphoria" May Replace Pediatric Bipolar Disorder by Daniel Bader - 09-05-2011 According to the latest issue of Family Practice News, pediatric bipolar disorder may be completely replaced with a new diagnosis, "temper dysregulation disorder with dysphoria" or "TDDD". This is a leak from the discussions of new diagnoses in the ... |
 | Bicyclist Rides for Mental Health Awareness by Daniel Bader - 09-03-2011 Michael Schratter has been riding his bicycle around the world in order to raise awareness of mental illness. Mr. Schratter's ride, called "Ride Don't Hide", has a fairly simple premise. He rides, lets people know the he is doing it to raise awaren... |
 | Mental Illness Leads To Worse Oral Health by Daniel Bader - 09-01-2011 According to a recent meta-analysis in the British Journal of Psychiatry, those who have mental illnesses are 3.4 times more likely to have lost their teeth and 6.2 times more likely to have decayed, filled or missing teeth. The journal doesn't argu... |
