Bipolar News From Medical News TodayLatest Bipolar News From Medical News Today.Link Between Poor Sleep And Suicidal Behavior Among Children And Adolescents With Depressive Episodes- June 14, 2008 A research abstract presented at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS), finds a link between poor sleep and suicidal behavior among children and adolescents with depressive episodes. The study, authored by Maria-Cecilia Lopes, MD, PhD, of Sao Paulo University in Brazil, focused on 303 individuals with pediatric bipolar disorder and pediatric unipolar disorder during depressive episodes.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/111147.php Repligen Announces Plans To Initiate A Phase 2b Trial For RG2417 In Bipolar Disorder- June 13, 2008 Repligen Corporation (Nasdaq: RGEN) announced that based on feedback from the Food and Drug Administration, the Company plans to initiate a Phase 2b clinical trial of RG2417, an oral formulation of uridine, in patients with bipolar disorder later this year. This will be a multi-center, parallel arm placebo-controlled, clinical trial in which approximately 150 patients with bipolar disorder will receive either RG2417 or a placebo twice a day for eight-weeks.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/111085.php Antidepressants Alone: Not For Bipolar Depression- June 12, 2008 Psychiatrists have cautioned against the use of antidepressants alone in people with bipolar disorders, saying they could worsen a patient's condition by causing a destabilisation in mood.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/110942.php Report Confirms Increased Risk Of Smoking, Substance Abuse In Bipolar Adolescents- June 3, 2008 A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) supports previous reports that adolescents with bipolar disorder are at increased risk for smoking and substance abuse. The article appearing in the June Drug and Alcohol Dependence - describing the largest such investigation to date and the first to include a control group - also indicates that bipolar-associated risk is independent of the risk conferred by other disorders affecting study participants.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/109726.php NARSAD Researchers Identify Specific Genes And Family Traits Linked To Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder And Depression- June 3, 2008 New findings from research supported by NARSAD, the world's leading charity dedicated to mental health research, and conducted by Harvard-affiliated scientists are providing important clues into how genes work to impair various aspects of attention, memory and perception -- the behaviors associated with many psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/109585.php |