What Medications Are Used To Treat Bipolar Disorder
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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 »
Is Drug Treatment Enough?
By Dan Haupt, M.D. , Health Expert...importance of psychotherapy in individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder? Is drug treatment... Read more »
Screening Reveals the Impact of Bipolar Disorder
By Jerry Kennard , Health ExpertThe estimated prevalence of bipolar disorder is over 3 per cent of the population of the United... 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 »
What Are the Causes of Hallucinations?
By Paul Ballas , Health Expert...For example, 20% of patients in the manic phase of bipolar disorder and almost 10% of patients... Read more »
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Healthy Diet Tips for Bipolar Disorder
Two million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression. This very serious illness involves dramatic mood swings from high manic episodes to very low depressed episodes. It... Read more »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 »The First 48 Hours with Bipolar Disorder
...never find happy individuals walking into a psychiatrist’s office for the first time. People with bipolar disorder only seek help when their life is going terribly wrong or when their brains... Read more »Bipolar Disorder: Recovery is a Journey
...You are emerging from a crisis or emergency situation. Your clinician has informed you that you have bipolar disorder. The medications are kicking in. You are no longer bouncing off walls or... Read more »Chantix, Psychiatric Risks and the FDA
...in the warnings section stands out: the caution noted specifically for patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder, as the safety of Chantix has not been... Read more »Images
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...certain mental/mood disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder). It is given by... Read more »
...mental/mood disorders (schizophrenia, manic phase of bipolar disorder, irritability associated... Read more »
...bipolar disorder). It may be used after other medications have not been effective. ... Read more »
...mental/mood disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, manic phase of bipolar disorder, schizoaffective... Read more »
...disorders, certain psychiatric conditions (manic phase of bipolar disorder), and to prevent... Read more »
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Seroquel XR approved for bipolar disorder
February 23, 2009Drugmaker AstraZeneca has announced that its medication Seroquel XR may now be used for treatment of bipolar disorder. According to a company press... 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 »
Breast cancer drug may treat bipolar disorder
October 03, 2008A medication currently used to treat breast cancer may one day be used to ease mania symptoms associated with bipolar disorder. Researchers gave the... Read summary »
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