Moody blues: dealing with the highs and lows of bipolar disorder.
As unusual as it sounds, the last thing Alexandra B., 20, needs when she's writing a paper is a flurry of thoughts. That's a warning sign that she's slipping into the manic "high" phase of bipolar disorder. "My thoughts start coming so quickly that it's impossible for my mind...

Bipolar disorder difficult to diagnose.
Byline: YOUR HEALTH By Heather Hill For The Register-Guard Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that occurs in about 1 percent of the population. It is a disorder of abnormal mood and behaviors with emotional swings that are more than just the...

Repligen Initiates Phase 2b Clinical Trial of RG2417 in Bipolar Disorder.
WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Repligen Corporation announced today that the Company has initiated a Phase 2b clinical trial to evaluate the use of RG2417, an oral formulation of uridine, in patients with bipolar depression. This Phase 2b study is a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial in...

Even keeled: a practical approach to living with someone with bipolar II disorder.
Principles are usually simple enough to understand, though applying them can be challenging. They are fundamental, thus universally applicable. Psychological principles are supremely attractive in that they provide a solid foundation from which to increase understanding of human behavior. Bipolar II disorder (hereafter referred to simply as...

Healing words.
Directions: Read the poem "The End" in "Heroin's Hold" (page 26) and the poem at right from Charlie C., one of the young people with bipolar disorder featured in "Moody Blues" (page 8.) Then, using these poems as inspiration, either below or on a separate piece of paper write...

Race may play role in Dx of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder.
WASHINGTON -- Clinicians appear to be more likely to diagnose black patients with schizophrenia than white patients, even after controlling for symptom presentation, according to a study of more than 200 patients. "The findings suggest that a racial bias exists in clinical settings, with clinicians being more...

Child rapist faces new sex assault charges; Young victim allegedly known to Ashby suspect.
Byline: Donna Boynton ASHBY - A 45-year-old Level 3 sex offender living on Erickson Road was arrested and charged with two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14. Brian K. Racine of 246 Erickson Road was arrested Wednesday after a joint...

When 'Just Say No' Isn't Enough: Try Science.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Teens are fascinated by their brains, the way they work, change, and even "freeze" sometimes. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recommends that parents, teachers and caregivers use that fascination to engage middle and high school students this holiday season in...

Body and brain: possible link between inflammation and bipolar disorder.
Bipolar disorder scrawls a molecular John Hancock across the brains of some people. The signature is sometimes visible even before symptoms start, researchers in the Netherlands report. A team led by Hemmo Drexhage, a clinical immunologist at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, found that certain white blood...

Atypical antipsychotic approved for treatment Of bipolar I disorder in adolescent patients.
Senior Writer The Food and Drug Administration has approved the atypical antipsychotic aripiprazole (Ability) for the treatment of manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in children and adolescents. The 4-week, multicenter U.S. study that led to the approval compared two fixed doses...