Siblings of People With Bipolar Disorder Have Higher Cancer Risk
Findings from Taiwan suggest an increased cancer risk not only for people with bipolar disorder but for their unaffected siblings too.
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Findings from Taiwan suggest an increased cancer risk not only for people with bipolar disorder but for their unaffected siblings too.
Social rhythm therapy is associated with improved mood and reduced suicide risk, new research suggests.
A large-scale retrospective study showed that hospitalized patients undergoing ECT had lower rates of suicide and comparable risk of serious medical events as peers receiving psychotherapy and medication.
The family finally found her living in a tent in new hampshire. >> just as our very approach, she began screaming obscenities and shouting and behaving in a menacing, hateful way. and she was not a person i'd ever met, and we knew she was not well and needed care. and forcibly took her and put her in the hospital. >> doctors thought wendy suffered from drug-induced manic depression. but karen said they didn't have time to make an official diagnosis. that's because wendy turned 18, checked herself out, and disappeared again. this time for almost two years. >> when wendy disappeared, all traces ...
Lumateperone is now the only FDA-approved drug for depressive episodes associated with bipolar I or II disorder in adults, as monotherapy or an adjunct to lithium or valproate.