Psychology News and Research Briefs Category Archive:
Bipolar / Manic Depression
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Antidepressant Success May Be Greatly Exaggerated 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. Continue reading Antidepressant Success May Be Greatly Exaggerated
Guidelines for Psychopharmacological Treatment of Young Children Released 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. Continue reading Guidelines for Psychopharmacological Treatment of Young Children Released
Suicide Risk in Bipolar Patients Depends Strongly On Family History 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 their risk by as much as three times. Continue reading Suicide Risk in Bipolar Patients Depends Strongly On Family History
Teen Suicides Increase After Antidepressant Warnings 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 sta... Continue reading Teen Suicides Increase After Antidepressant Warnings
Psychotherapy Critical To Treating Bipolar Disorder 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 p... Continue reading Psychotherapy Critical To Treating Bipolar Disorder
New Findings On Bipolar Medication 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 ... Continue reading New Findings On Bipolar Medication
Does Chronic Irritability Equal Childhood Bipolar Disorder? New Study Says No 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 ad... Continue reading Does Chronic Irritability Equal Childhood Bipolar Disorder? New Study Says No
Bipolar, Epilepsy Drug Associated with Birth Defects, FDA Warns 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 Drug Administration warned t... Continue reading Bipolar, Epilepsy Drug Associated with Birth Defects, FDA Warns
Bipolar Disorder Means Huge Losses at Work 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 major depression.... Continue reading Bipolar Disorder Means Huge Losses at Work |
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