All People Who Are Interested In "bipolar disorder"

Chris

Had Bipolar for 10 years

Bopolar American traveling to Russia

I guess this is really any Bipolar sufferer traveling to a new place, any place/country. I did find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Psychiatric_Association_of_Russia which looks promising. I'm considering going to Russia for two weeks. One week in St. Petersburg and another week in Moscow. I will be with... Read more Chevron

posted 01/05/2011, comments (0)|

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rklyn26

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tryn to live the dream

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Rights Of A Person With A Mental Disease

About some time ago i received a phone call about a family memeber that has schizophrenia. She and another family member were arguing over a financial issue. The argument became soo heated that the family member with the mental disorder was threatened to stop with her craziness or they would 302 her. I thought that was completely... Read more Chevron

posted 12/12/2010, comments (3)|

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drdunckley.com

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Board Certified Child Psychiatrist & Integrative Physician practicing in Seal Beach CA.

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Child Psychiatrist seeing Children MIsdiagnosed as Bipolar and Receiving Unnecessary Medication

In the past 10 years, I've seen countless of overstimulated or dysregulated children who were misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder; some were given heavy duty antipsychotics, experienced weight gain, and saw no improvement. My experience has been that when children have frequent meltdowns or tantrums, are oppositional, and/or aggressive, a... Read more Chevron

posted 12/07/2010, comments (5)|

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anne1123

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Born in New York; grew up in the 60's; once and always love child

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World Aids Day

Since Celebrities weren't going on line I didn't want to post this yesterday. But I have friends with HIV and as a volunteer in a non-profit I also see people gettin free HIV/Aids tests. The following is a poem I wrote November 30, 2006 for World Aids Day. It is called: Family Bosum Way back when it used to... Read more Chevron

posted 12/02/2010, comments (0)|

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LadyBehindTheMask

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12 yrs diagnosed; 5 yrs stable

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Remembering Katie on National Survivors of Suicide Day

The whole idea that there's a day for this is kind of strange. Nevertheless, here goes. All names have been changed to protect those who are still, in their own ways, attempting to make sense of and grieve the loss of our friend. Katie didn't have friends: she had best friends, more than anyone I knew. And the proof was spilling out of her... Read more Chevron

posted 11/20/2010, comments (4)|

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