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Mental and Medical Illness Can Be Dangerous Mix

For many people, physical conditions can contribute to problems with their mental health—problems that are often ignored and untreated. But your emotional health and physical health affect each other. Here’s what you should know.

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Bipolar Disorder Symptoms Prevalent, Less Talked

One of the most prevalent, but least talked about mental issues today is the bipolar disorder. The symptoms of bipolar disorder are not well known to the public and now one fashion show aims to change that raising awareness about the disease.

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Potential mechanism identified for Lithium operation in brain

Lithium has been established for more than 50 years as one of the most effective treatments for bipolar mood disorder.

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Physical activity can improve mood of people with serious mental illness

A new study from Indiana University suggests that even meager levels of physical activity can improve the mood of people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) such as bipolar disorder, major depression and schizophrenia.

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The Age of Your Father May Play a Part in Mood Swings

The age of your father when you were born may be a factor in determining whether you will suffer from bipolar disorder, or severe mood swings.

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Bipolar disorder involves lower quality of mental and physical life

A study carried out in the UGR shows that a higher use of addictive substances such as alcohol and tobacco, the long-term secondary effects of the pharmacological treatment and a more sedentary way of life could influence the poorer quality of life of such patients
The researchers analysed 108 patients with bipolar disorder in order to carry out this work, with a comparative group made up of 1,210 persons from a general population sample

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Add-on therapy improves depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder

Lingering depression is a serious and common problem in bipolar disorder, and does not resolve well with existing treatments.

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Family therapy helps relieve depression symptoms in bipolar teens

Family-focused therapy, when combined with medication, appears effective in stabilizing symptoms of depression among teens with bipolar disorder, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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Children of older fathers more likely to have bipolar disorder

Older age among fathers may be associated with an increased risk for bipolar disorder in their offspring, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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ECNP consensus statement on bipolar depression

Bipolar disorder is one of the most important psychiatric diseases, often associated with considerable treatment needs and tremendous social and occupational burden for both the individual and family (Pini et al., 2005).

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Shared genetic profile between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be disabling conditions, and both present clinically with significant mood and psychotic symptoms. These two illnesses also share genetic variants that might be involved in the predisposition to both disorders.

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ECNP consensus statement on bipolar depression

Bipolar disorder is one of the most complex and challenging mental disorder in the spectrum. Bipolar disorder is typically associated with considerable acute and longterm treatment needs and may be associated in the course of illness with times of tremendous social burden for both the individual and family.

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