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	Bipolar Disorder
		Bipolar disorder is one of the most distinct and dramatic of mental illnesses.
		The classic form of bipolar disorder, which involves recurrent episodes of mania and depression, is called bipolar I disorder.
		So a woman with bipolar disorder who wants to become pregnant should discuss her treatment options with her health care team prior to conception, if possible, or as early in her pregnancy as possible.
	www.healthywomen.org /healthtopics/bipolardisorder (470 words)

	Bipolar disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bipolar disorder (previously known as manic depression) is a diagnostic category describing a class of mood disorders in which the person experiences states or episodes of depression and/or mania, hypomania, and/or mixed states.
		The difference between bipolar disorder and unipolar disorder (also called major depression) — for the purpose of this introduction — is that bipolar disorder involves "energized" or "activated" mood states in addition to depressed mood states.
		Childhood onset bipolar disorder should be treated early because according to Joseph Calabrese of Case Western Reserve University, childhood forms of the illness may be easier to treat than adult forms of the illness.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bipolar_disorder (6042 words)

	Bipolar II Disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As the diagnosis of bipolar II disorder is often based on diagnosis of past hypomania, which may not be very reliable, depression with atypical features may point to bipolar II disorder diagnosis.
		Of the variables investigated (unipolar and bipolar diagnoses, age at onset, gender, psychosis, comorbidity, chronicity, duration of illness, recurrences, and severity), age at onset was significantly lower, and female gender, comorbidity, and bipolar II disorder were significantly more common in atypical than nonatypical depression.
		The prevalence of bipolar II disorder was 64.2%.
	www.lifecyclejourneys.com /Atlantis/biPolarIIDisorder.htm (3022 words)

	THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 15, Ch. 189, Mood Disorders
		In bipolar disorder, episodes are shorter (3 to 6 mo), age of onset is younger, onset of episodes is more abrupt, and cycles (time from onset of one episode to that of the next) are shorter than in unipolar disorder.
		Bipolar I disorder commonly begins with depression and is characterized by at least one manic or excited period during its course.
		Mortality from cardiovascular causes is modestly increased in patients with bipolar disorder; the increase is not explained by cardiotoxicity from lithium or tricyclic antidepressants and tends to also occur in first-degree biologic relatives who do not have frank affective episodes.
	www.merck.com /pubs/mmanual/section15/chapter189/189d.htm (3131 words)

	Unipolar Depression: Lithium for unipolar depression, Know the major unipolar depression and unipolar disorder basic.
		In order for a disorder to be classified as depression, there has to be evidence of lowered mood.
		The age of onset of unipolar disorders varies widely; it is generally agreed to be later than for bipolar cases.
		Patients with unipolar depression/disorder, bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder are studied.
	www.depression-guide.com /unipolar-depression.htm (704 words)

	Bipolar Disorder Diagnostics -- Neurotransmitter.net
		The aim of this study was to investigate the dimensions of manic disorder by using classical scales to study the signs and symptoms of affective disorders.
		The considerable general and diagnosis-specific challenges posed by the nature of bipolar disorders are specified, highlighting in particular problems in diagnostic and symptom assessment, shifts in diagnostic conventions and the broadening of the diagnostic concept by including bipolar spectrum disorders.
		Bipolar disorder accounts for 5% to 19% of mood disorder presentations in the elderly, although a clear picture of the exact prevalence of bipolar disorder among older adults in the community is still lacking.
	www.neurotransmitter.net /bipolardiag.html (16811 words)

	Essay on Major (Unipolar) Depressive Disorder
		Major depressive disorder, sometimes referred to as Unipolar Depression, describes a leading disruptive mental state which effects about 10-20 percent of the world's population in the course of a lifetime.
		This disorder must be regarded as a significantly important state, as it strikes its victim psychologically, socially and sometimes even physically, impairing normal daily behaviour.
		Major depressive disorder impacts many people around the world in considerably significant ways, but with treatment, more than 80 percent of those afflicted can be cured.
	dedicatedwriters.com /paper/Major_Unipolar_Depressive_Di-158373.html (187 words)

	Bipolar Disorder : by Ray Sahelian, M.D., natural therapy herbs fish oils
		Bipolar disorder may often go undiagnosed and untreated in the urban poor, with one in 10 found to have the mental illness in a study of one New York clinic.
		Bipolar disorder is normally treated with a mood stabilizer such as lithium as well as anti-depressants to counteract the swings from dark moods to mania and associated irritability, racing thoughts, decreased need for sleep, talkativeness, and excessive involvement in risky activities.
		She has been under treatment for bipolar disorder for about 20 years and is very stable in that regard, and under the care of a psychiatrist to monitor her meds, which include Lithobid and Depakote.
	www.raysahelian.com /bipolar.html (1793 words)

	Bipolar Disorder and Suicide -- Neurotransmitter.net
		Bipolar disorder is equally prevalent across sexes, with the exception of rapid cycling, a severe and difficult to treat variant of the disorder, which arises mostly in women.
		The aim of the present study was to investigate SE and SA in unipolar or bipolar patients in relation to demographic and clinical characteristics, especially the presence of suicidality (ideation and/or attempt).
		Anxiety comorbidity appears to be highly prevalent and is associated with intensified symptoms of bipolar disorder and additional comorbid disorders, resulting in a negative impact on the patient and on the course of the illness.
	www.neurotransmitter.net /bipolarsuicide.html (17065 words)

	Depression: Signs of Depression
		Major depression disorder can be effectively treated, with both prescription and drug-free treatments, so speak with your health care provider about overcoming your depression.
		Major depression is different from bipolar disorder (once known as manic depression).
		If you are suffering from bipolar disorder, you will experience periods of extreme highs and extreme lows.
	www.epigee.org /mental_health/depression.html (1487 words)

	Bipolar Help Center: Bipolar disorder & other conditions
		Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia have often been confused, partly because the delusions and hallucinations associated with severe mania may resemble the symptoms of schizophrenia.
		People with bipolar disorder, as opposed to those with schizophrenia, can often be successfully treated with mood stabilizers such as lithium.
		People with bipolar disorder may be more likely to have anxiety disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder or panic disorder.
	www.bipolardisorder.com /understanding/otherConditions.jsp?reqNavId=1.6 (404 words)

	Second International Conference on Bipolar Disorder
		In one year, all patients in an affective disorders unit of a university hospital with discharge diagnoses of BP (n=50) or schizoaffective disorder (n=5, all manic type) were diagnosed prospectively by a psychiatrist with expertise in affective disorders based on a semistructured clinical interview using DSM-IV criteria.
		Holmes, Ph.D., R.N. Bipolar 1 (BP1) disorder is a recurrent affective psychiatric disorder with a disruptive and debilitating course.
		Neither the presence of a comorbid axis I disorder in the bipolar parent, nor the presence of a disorder (Axis I or II) in the co-parent were found to be related to problems among the children.
	www.wpic.pitt.edu /stanley/2ndbipconf/poster.htm (15226 words)

	The Mood Spectrum in Unipolar and Bipolar Disorder: Arguments for a Unitary Approach -- Cassano et al. 161 (7): 1264 -- ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		I disorder was 64.8 and 83.7, respectively (maximum=140) (Table 1).
		bipolar I disorder, and bipolar II disorder (21) indicates that
		Angst J: The emerging epidemiology of hypomania and bipolar II disorder.
	ajp.psychiatryonline.org /cgi/content/full/161/7/1264 (3483 words)

	Residential treatment for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, trauma mood disorder
		When we refer to “mood disorders”, we are speaking of moods that either last a long time or that are very intense and debilitating.
		This disorder effects about 1% of the population, while unipolar depression effects about 17% of the world’s adult population at some time in their life (and about 5 to 10 percent in the United States in any given year).
		Particularly in bipolar disorder, it is most likely that a genetic predisposition is necessary as a prerequisite to having this problem, with psychological stressors and other factors contributing to the full manifestation of the disorder.
	www.bridgestorecovery.com /moo.html (868 words)

	Bipolar Disorder
		Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, and ability to function.
		Bipolar disorder typically develops in late adolescence or early adulthood.
		Like diabetes or heart disease, bipolar disorder is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout a person's life.
	www.mental-health-insights.com (215 words)

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		Primary care physicians are in a unique position to ensure that patients with bipolar disorder receive appropriate care, whether they provide it themselves or refer the patient to a mental health specialist, and to coordinate and monitor patients' mental and physical health care.
		Bipolar II disorder is perhaps the most common of the disorders that constitute the bipolar disorder spectrum.
		Bipolar spectrum disorders are prevalent in primary care settings and may be a source of complicated, clinically frustrating presentations of depression.
	www.fpronline.com /moodDisorders (890 words)

	Mental Help Net - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		There are several types of anxiety disorders, each with their own distinct features.
		Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a blunted response to methylphenidate in the left and right caudate, and they have a lower dopamine release than those without the disorder, researchers report in the August issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
		Patients with schizophrenia and chronic auditory hallucinations appear to have abnormal activity in brain regions involved in processing emotions and human voices, including the middle and superior temporal gyri and the cingular gyri, according to a report in the August issue of Radiology.
	mentalhelp.net (557 words)

	Unipolar mood disorder
		The major difference of dysthymia and major depression is dysthymics may not experience a depressive state on a daily basis.
		Two of the following six symptoms must be present to be diagnosed with this disorder: lack of concentration, feelings of hopelessness, lack of energy, eating disturbance, self-esteem issues, or difficulty sleeping (Carsson, p.214).
		Adjustment disorder with depressed mood has the same characteristics as dysthymia, the difference being that depression is caused by an
	www.essaysword.com /viewpaper/6551.html (135 words)

	Bipolar Disorder Information\| Devoted to Helping Bipolar Disorder World Wide
		However, I can tell you that I grew up with a mother who had bipolar disorder and that when her situation recently became much worse, I decided to put everything on hold to find out more about the disorder so that I could help her become stable.
		Some of the most creative minds in history have clearly displayed patterns of mood disorders that could easily be described as bipolar disorder.
		It's during this phase of their bipolar disorder that they are most enthusiastic and inspired.
	www.bipolarcentral.com (634 words)

	Paroxetine and pediatric and adolescent patients - News topics - Media - GlaxoSmithKline
		GlaxoSmithKline has conducted a series of clinical studies to determine the efficacy and safety of paroxetine in treating children and adolescent patients with major depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and social anxiety disorder/social phobia.
		Paroxetine has not been approved in Europe or North America for the treatment of patients younger than 18 years of age.
		Major depressive disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder study 716
	www.gsk.com /media/paroxetine.htm (258 words)

	EPA Omega 3 treatment for unipolar depression disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		OBJECTIVE: Studies have reported that countries with high rates of fish oil consumption have low rates of unipolar depression disorder.
		The authors studied a specific omega-3 fatty acid, the ethyl ester of eicosapentaenoic acid (E-EPA), as an adjunct to treatment for depressive episodes occurring in patients with recurrent unipolar depression disorder who were receiving maintenance antidepressant therapy.
		METHOD: Twenty patients with a current diagnosis of major depressive disorder participated in a 4-week, parallel-group, double-blind addition of either placebo or E-EPA to ongoing antidepressant therapy.
	www.epa1.co.uk /EPA_Omega_3_and_Unipolar_Disorder.asp (220 words)

	Mental Help Net - Home
		Characterized by distractibility, impulsivity, and hyperactivity, this condition interferes with your ability to function normally at work, school, and at home.
		It causes affected people to exhibit odd and often highly irrational or disorganized behavior.
		John Clarkin, Ph.D. on Transference-Focused Therapy For Borderline Personality Disorder
	www.mentalhelp.net (557 words)

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