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A 'Perfect' Girl's Struggle With Bipolar Disorder

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Perfect Chaos, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Linea and Cinda Johnson, Bipolar, High School, Softball, Linea Johnson, Cinda Johnson, Teen News

Imagine the girl who has everything: social status, athletic prowess and a loving family. Her life must be perfect, right? Actually, it is more li...

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Creativity And Madness: Are They Inherently Linked?

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W. | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Creativity, Madness, Psychosis, Mental Health, Depression Mental Illness, Mental Illness, Creativity Madness, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Creativity and Madness, Insanity, Gps-Soul, Bipolar, Healthy Living News

The myth that creativity and madness are inherently linked has a certain romantic appeal, but it does little -- if anything -- to promote human well-being.

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What Does It Feel Like to Have Bipolar Disorder?

Quora | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Mania, Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder Symptoms, Depression, Psychology, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Medicine, Healthcare, Healthy Living News

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Mills Baker, Head of User Experience, Giftly I have bipolar disorder, as does my mother and as did ...

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Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy's Mission: A Moonshot Into the Mind

S.Z. Berg | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Brain Disorders, Parkinson's, Panic, Bipolar, Alzheimer's, Patrick Kennedy, Anxiety, Disorders of Brain, Brain Science, Neurological Disorders, Brain Disorder, Healthy Living Health News, The Mind, Healthy Living News

Patrick Kennedy is challenging scientists to see "innerspace" as the new frontier, a moonshot into the mind to explore brain circuitry and impaired genes and to develop research that can be translated into therapies and cures for all brain disorders.

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Astoria Characters: The Good Guy

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Astoria, Marijuana, French Bulldog, Tattoo, Billy Bruckner, Buddha, Haro Freestyler, Nassau Community College, Museum of Natural History, Long Island, Bike, Dent-X, Dents-R-US, Bipolar, Salvation Army's Wayside Home School for Girls in Valley Stream, Schwin Stingray, Uniondale New York, New York News

Driving the dings and dents out of cars is a delicate art, and Billy Bruckner is a master of this form of metal sculpture. He also loves avant-garde contemporary art, Buddhas and bikes.

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A Conversation With Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter About Stigma, Discrimination, and Brain Disorders

S.Z. Berg | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Stigma, Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Anxiety Disorder, Ocd, Rosalynn Carter, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Discrimination, Healthy Living News

For more than 40 years, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has been an unrelenting crusader for people suffering from mental illness.

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The Politics, Stigma and Experience of Brain Disorders: A Blog Series

S.Z. Berg | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Brain Disorder, Ocd, Schizophrenia, Panic, Bipolar, Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Healthy Living News

The holiday season is a good time to talk about brain disorders. The kind I'm talking about are more commonly referred to as mental illness, but I think that term detracts from the fact that depression, anxiety disorders and other such conditions arise in the brain.

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The Real Definition Of Insanity

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Legal Definition, Law, Mental Health, Not Guilty, Insanity, Talk Nerdy to Me, Schizophrenia, Science, Bipolar, Psychology, Myths, Skepticism, Education News

"The definition of insanity is repeating the same mistakes over and over again and expecting different results," utters the know-it-all guy in the coffee shop offering free "therapy" to his visibly shaken friend. He couldn't be more wrong.

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What Do I Say To Someone With Bipolar Disorder?

Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Bipolar Disorder Symptoms, Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, What Do I Say to Someone With Bipolar, Friend Bipolar, Video, Healthy Living News

Have a loved one diagnosed with depression? Cancer? The thought of talking to that person can be scary and awkward. What do you say? What is polite, a...

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Eye Exams And Bipolar Disorder

Tom Wootton | Posted 09.27.2011

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I have asked thousands of people with bipolar disorder if they lie to their doctors and therapists. Most say they either lie outright or leave important information out. We call it "presenting well."

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7 Stars Living With Bipolar

The Huffington Post | Jordan K. Turgeon | Posted 09.25.2011

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This past April, pop singer and Disney actress Demi Lovato went public about her bipolar disorder diagnosis. In interviews to the media, the 18-year-o...

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'Mass Psychosis In The U.S.'

Al Jazeera | James Ridgeway | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, American Psychiatric Association, Zyprexa, Anti-Depressant, Mother Jones, Risperdal, Bipolar, Acid Reflux, Fda, Anti-Psychotic Drugs, Seroquel, Mental Illness, Pharmedout, Schizophrenia, Pharmaceuticals, Abilify, Business News

Has America become a nation of psychotics? You would certainly think so, based on the explosion in the use of antipsychotic medications. In 2008, with...

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Understanding Bipolar: You Don't Know The Half Of It

Tom Wootton | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Bipolar, Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder, Coping With Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar in Order, Dealing With Bipolar, Coping With Bipolar, Dealing With Bipolar Disorder, Healthy Living News

There is another half to the bipolar experience, where our understanding helps us remove the suffering while we gain the ability to function completely in all states, from the highest high to the deepest low. I call it "Bipolar In Order."

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Bipolar Diagnoses Up 40 Times From Decade Ago

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 08.21.2011

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It shouldn't come as a surprise that bipolar disorder has been a frequent subject of media attention lately. For example, just this spring, Catherine ...

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Long-Term Use of Bipolar Drug Questioned

Health.com | By Lynne Peeples | Posted 07.09.2011

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The growing use of a popular drug in the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder is based largely on a single, flawed clinical trial that may be s...

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Living With The Stigma Of Mental Illness

Red Room | Posted 06.23.2011

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Bipolar disorder is quite misunderstood. It isn't just bipolar disorder that is stigmatized, it is all mental illnesses. We can't "get over it," or "suck it up" or "snap out of it."

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Christiane Wells: What It's Like Being Bipolar

Red Room | Posted 06.15.2011

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I had no idea how serious the diagnosis of bipolar disorder was at 19-years-old. To have a bottle of lithium in my hands felt scary. But it explained why I'd had such serious issues for years.

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Catherine Zeta Jones' Bipolar Disorder: What Is Bipolar II?

Posted 06.14.2011

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Catherine Zeta Jones shocked many this week when it was announced the actress was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and sought treatment at a mental hea...

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Poly Styrene Returns With New Album, Generation Indigo

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard. But I think....OH BONDAGE UP YOURS!" ~ X-Ray Spex, 1977 Photo Credit: Fabrizio Rainone...

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The Charlie Sheens We Know

Andy Kutler | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Bipolar Depression, Charlie Sheen, Bipolar, Mental Health, Bipolar Mania, Bipolar Disorder, Healthy Living News

When I eulogized my brother, I was emphatic that I will remember the happy memories of Jeff. I owe it to him to remember him for all he gave us, and not for what this scourge of mental illness did to the son and brother we loved.

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U.S. Has Highest Bipolar Rate -- Why?

Health.com | Amanda Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

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About 2.4 percent of people around the world have had a diagnosis of bipolar disorder at some point in their lifetime, according to the first comp...

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'Flow' And Psychosis In The Artist's Experience

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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New research suggests that some mental mechanisms and dispositions that are associated with full-blown psychosis may confer tremendous advantages to flow, creativity and what makes life meaningful.

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Inside The Manic Mind

Robert Leahy, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Manic Depressive, Mania, Bipolar Episodes, Bipolar Mania, Bipolar, Charlie Sheen Health, Bipolar Disorder, Manic Episodes, Charlie Sheen Mania, Psychological Health, Charlie Sheen Meltodown, Mental Health, Healthy Living News

Bipolar disorder is a life-long mood illness, often with the first onset during late adolescence or early adulthood. An essential element of bipolar disorder is that the individual has had at least one episode of "mania."

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Mental Illness Stigma: How Women Can Make a Big Impact Against It

Rebecca Palpant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bipolar Disorde, Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Stigma Against Mental Illness, Bipolar, Women and Mental Illness, Mental Illness Stigma, Mental Health Stigma, Home News

The reality is that the face of mental illness is that of an award-winning journalist who has bipolar disorder, or a businessman going to work every day despite his depression.

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Mental Health Kills the Mentally Ill

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

In 1955 there were 340 public psychiatric beds available per 100,000 U.S. citizens. By 2005, the number plummeted to a staggering 17 beds per 100,000 persons.

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