What Does Lithium Do For Bi Polar Patients
Study: Lithium builds gray matter in bipolar patients' brains
October 02, 2008
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To Lithium or Not to Lithium
By Ask the Expert Patient , Health Expert...lithium, doubts have started to kick in do i really have bipolar disorder what if i don't have... Read more »
Did using street drugs give me bipolar disorder?
By Dan Haupt, M.D. , Health Expert...evidence to suggest that using street drugs can cause bipolar disorder in someone who would have... Read more »
Bipolar Answers for 9/10/07
By Ask the Expert Patient , Health ExpertDo you have questions about bipolar disorder? Every two weeks, I'll answer new questions and post... Read more »
Treating Bipolar Depression: Part II
By John McManamy , Health Expert...should begin with discussing acute treatment, but bipolar disorder is an illness distinguished... Read more »
Treating Bipolar Depression: Part I
By John McManamy , Health Expert...far the more prevalent and incapacitating form of bipolar disorder. According to Stanley... Read more »
Health Guide
Bipolar Depression: What are the treatments and drugs used to treat bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disorder treatment includes medication and non-drug therapy. The good news is that most patients respond to treatment and are able to control their illness. Psychotherapy helps patients... Read more »News Break: New Skin Patch for Treating Depression
...clinical trials have been conducted on bipolar patients, and the patch is not indicated for treating bipolar disorder. Psychiatrists sometimes use antidepressants, including MAOIs, off-label... Read more »Bipolar Disorder Treatment
Bipolar disorder is a recurrent disease that can be unpredictable. The major goals of treatment are to:Treat and reduce the severity of acute episodes of mania or depression when they... Read more »Bipolar Disorder Prognosis
PrognosisMedical 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... Read more »Bipolar Medications
...Duralith, Lithobid, Lithizine, Eskalith, Lithane) is one of the standard mood stabilizing drugs for bipolar disorder. Lithium is extremely helpful for most patients and it significantly reduces... Read more »Related News
Expert: New psychiatric drugs have no 'track record'
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Studies: Seroquel effective stand-alone treatment for bipolar disorder
September 10, 2008Researchers say new studies have demonstrated that Seroquel is an effective stand-alone maintenance treatment for people with bipolar disorder. In... Read summary »
Breast Cancer Drug Beats Bipolar Disorder
November 09, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A drug more commonly associated with breast cancer treatment is holding out new promise for people suffering through the manic... Read summary »
Study: Test for Off-Label Use
November 27, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A panel of government and health-industry experts has developed a list of 14 widely prescribed medications they say urgently... Read summary »
Antipsychotic Drug Causes Weight Gain
February 22, 2007By Lucy Williams, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some patients undergoing treatment for mental illness gain so... Read summary »
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