Bipolar News From Medical News TodayLatest Bipolar News From Medical News Today.Depression And Bipolar Results Worth Striving For - A New Recovery Model For Mental Illness- July 28, 2008 Bipolar Advantage Inc. will be introducing a new integrated recovery program called the "Advantage Program" on September 6, 2008. "The days of thinking a diagnosis of bipolar disorder means living a diminished life are over," says company president Tom Wootton.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116319.php Supplemental New Drug Application For Risperdal Consta Submitted To The FDA For The Treatment Of Bipolar Disorder- July 27, 2008 Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) today announced that its partner, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. (J&JPRD), submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for RISPERDAL CONSTA (risperidone) Long-Acting Injection to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval as monotherapy in the maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder to delay the time to occurrence of mood episodes in adults.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116209.php Alexza Initiates Second Phase 3 Clinical Trial For AZ-004 (Staccato(R) Loxapine)- July 25, 2008 Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXA) announced that it has initiated its second Phase 3 clinical trial with AZ-004 (Staccato(R) loxapine). AZ-004 is an inhalation product candidate being developed for the treatment of acute agitation in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/116080.php Partially Shared Genetic Profile Between Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder Discovered- July 20, 2008 Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be disabling conditions, and both present clinically with significant mood and psychotic symptoms. These two illnesses also share genetic variants that might be involved in the predisposition to both disorders.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115509.php Improving Traditional Psychiatric Diagnoses With Genetics- July 20, 2008 Psychiatry has begun the laborious effort of preparing the DSM-V, the new iteration of its diagnostic manual. In so doing, it once again wrestles with the task set by Carl Linnaeus, to "cleave nature at its joints." However, these "joints," the boundaries between psychiatric disorders, such as that between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, are far from clear. Prior versions of DSM followed the path outlined by Emil Kraeplin in separating these disorders into distinct categories.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115507.php Astrazeneca Sponsors Service User- Involvement In Research Into Recovery For Mental Health- July 16, 2008 Two leading mental health charities, Rethink and MDF The BiPolar Organisation today announced the start of a new partnership with and project sponsored by AstraZeneca. It comprises of experiential research to identify what hinders and helps achieve recovery and aims to help to put recovery at the heart of mental health reform. It will report late 2008.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115136.php The ECNP Consensus Statement On Bipolar Depression- July 9, 2008 Bipolar disorder is one of the most complex and challenging mental disorder in the spectrum. Bipolar disorder is typically associated with considerable acute and longterm treatment needs and may be associated in the course of illness with times of tremendous social burden for both the individual and family. It is typically referred to as an episodic, yet lifelong and clinically severe mood disorder.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114378.php New Scholarship For Leaders Of Bipolar Lives- July 7, 2008 What do you do when you want to let the bipolar community know about scholarships for people with bipolar disorder, but soon discover that support for bipolar students is still far too rare Why donate a scholarship yourself of course. The Bipolar Lives Scholarship is a new scholarship, created when journalist Sarah Freeman added a webpage on bipolar scholarships to the Bipolar Lives website, but found only a handful of suitable awards existed.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114107.php Mental Health Treatment: It's Commonly Accepted Yet Not So Easy To Obtain Or Understand- July 4, 2008 Seeing a psychologist or other mental health professional isn't an unusual thing; in fact it's relatively common. Nearly three in ten U.S. adults (29%) report that they have received treatment or therapy from a psychologist or other mental health professional. The survey also found that younger adults are more open to seeking mental health treatment than those over 50 and that many adults are not discouraged from seeking treatment because of stigma or fear of others finding out.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113905.php Relapse Time Prolonged In Clinically Stable Patients With Bipolar I Disorder Treated With Quetiapine As Adjunct Therapy To Mood Stabilisers- July 4, 2008 AstraZeneca announced the online publication of long-term SEROQUEL (quetiapine fumarate) clinical trial data in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Results show that SEROQUEL in combination with lithium or divalproex significantly increased the time to recurrence of any mood event in patients with bipolar I disorder compared with lithium or divalproex alone.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/113868.php |