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Antidepressant Success May Be Greatly Exaggerated - January 18, 2008

A new review of trials on commonly prescribed antidepressants shows these drugs have only about a 50-50 percent chance of successfully treating depression, despite reports of far higher success rates. The selective publication of almost exclusively positive studies has created...
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Guidelines for Psychopharmacological Treatment of Young Children Released - December 12, 2007

In light of a recent increase in the number of children aged 3 to 6 receiving psychiatric medication, medical professionals have released a set of treatment guidelines, published in this month's Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent...
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Suicide Risk in Bipolar Patients Depends Strongly On Family History - November 15, 2007

A family history of suicide has been linked to increased suicide risk for people with many mental health disorders. However, for individuals with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, having a relative who ended their own life may increase...
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Teen Suicides Increase After Antidepressant Warnings - September 6, 2007

In 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European regulators issued warnings against the use of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in children and adolescents. Shortly thereafter, the FDA issued a mandate stating that these medications...
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Psychotherapy Critical To Treating Bipolar Disorder - April 4, 2007

Intensive psychotherapy, in addition to medication, offers the best hope in helping people with bipolar disorder heal faster and stay better longer, shows a new study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Researchers split 293 bipolar patients...
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New Findings On Bipolar Medication - March 29, 2007

Adding antidepressants to mood-stabilizing drugs offers no help treating bipolar disorder, shows a clinical trial funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and published online yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Three-hundred sixty-six patients taking mood...
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Does Chronic Irritability Equal Childhood Bipolar Disorder? New Study Says No - February 1, 2007

The diagnosis of pediatric Bipolar Disorder (BD) is controversial; the prescription of antidepressants to increasing numbers of diagnosed children as young as four even more so. Many doctors are reluctant to diagnose or even recognize the disease before adulthood, most...
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Bipolar, Epilepsy Drug Associated with Birth Defects, FDA Warns - September 29, 2006

Lamotrigine (marketed as Lamictal), a drug used in the treatment of epilepsy and bipolar disorder, may increase the chances of having a baby with a cleft lip or palate if taken during the first trimest of pregnancy, the Food and...
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Bipolar Disorder Means Huge Losses at Work - September 22, 2006

A study by Harvard researchers published in the September 2006 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry shows that U.S. workers with bipolar disorder had an average of 65.5 "lost" days per year--more than twice the rate for workers with...
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