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Friday, October, 23, 2009

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Health Encyclopedia: Bipolar Disorder Prognosis

Prognosis


Medical evidence has shown that patients with bipolar disorder have higher death rates from suicide, heart problems, and death from all causes than those in the general population. Patients who get treatment, however, experience great improvement in survival rates, including deaths from suicide and heart disease.

Suicide

The risk for suicide is very high in patients who suffer from bipolar disorder and who do not receive medical attention. Between 10 - 15% of patients with bipolar disorde...

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Health Care Reform Messages
By CHADD - Children and Adults with ADHD , Health Expert

...Chronic Care-Chronic Condition Management must include mental illness and mental disorders, such... Read more »

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Mental Illness Awareness Week: October 4 - 10
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

Next week, October 4 - 10, is Mental Illness Awareness Week. In 1990, the United States Congress... Read more »

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Thoughts on Mental Illness Awareness Week
By Christina Bruni , Health Expert

Mental Illness Awareness Week, from October 7th to 13th, is in full-swing. As an advocacy... Read more »

Health Guide

The Americans with Disability Act and Your Anxiety
...for the accommodation. Physical disabilities can be easier to determine than disabilities caused by mental illness. Limitations caused by diabetes, heart disease or a specific physical need such... Read more »
ADHD: The Basics
...evidence of significant impairment in social or academic functioning.E. Not caused by a pervasive developmental disorder, schizophrenia, or any other psychotic disorder, and is not better... Read more »
Alcoholism: Treatment for Alcoholism
...patients who were treated only for their medical conditions.Treating People Who Have Both Alcoholism and Mental IllnessTreatment for patients with both alcoholism and mental illness is... Read more »
Stress Part 6: Managing Your Life
The other day, I took an online stress test. This one, devised by Richard Rahe MD of the University of Washington, asks interested parties to check off life events that occurred in the previous six... Read more »
Schizophrenia: Complications
...significant hope for improving quality of life.Medical IllnessesStudies have reported that people with severe mental illnesses suffer more from serious health problems than those without mental... Read more »

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