bipolar depression

Treating Sleep Disorder Improves Psychiatric Outcomes

Treating Sleep Disorder Improves Psychiatric Outcomes There are a number of similarities between depression and anxiety disorder when it comes to treatment, he said. Fluoxetine, sertraline, and venlafaxine, for example, are all approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for major depressive disorder … Read more on Medscape Depression and insurance cover If you have sought treatment and managed your condition for a number of years, a previous diagnosis may be less of a concern to an underwriter, particularly cases such as situational or reactive depression. The nature of the depression will affect … Read more on Health24.com Read more... ...

What Is the Definition of a Psychiatric Disability?

by infomatique Question by eloiselt: What is the definition of a psychiatric disability? I looked it up, but can’t seem to find a clear answer. Which of these would be considered a psychiatric disability? -Clinical Depression -Anxiety -Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder -“Psychotic Depression” -Body Dysmorphic Disorder -Borderline Personality Disorder Best answer: Answer by Danthere all disabilities. im not sure of your question. if you are more specific on your question i can help you. Read more... ...

Center in Vance County Works With Two Dozen Clients to Set and Achieve Goals

...  in Vance County works with two dozen clients to set and achieve goals Gladys Foster-Young is a rehabilitation therapy technician at the center. She said the aim is taking … Angie Payne said she suffered from panic attacks and bipolar depression until she started attending ADP about six years ago. “I used to have 24 … Read more on Henderson Daily Dispatch (registration) Hospitals Should Require Drug And Alcohol Tests For Physicians – The Inquisitr In cases in which a physician is found to be impaired, a hospital could suspend or revoke privileges and, in some cases, report this to the state licensing board. Impaired physicians would undergo treatment and routine monitoring as a condition for … ...

Brainsway Launches Deep TMS Device in the US

by Life Mental Health Brainsway launches Deep TMS device in the US Brainsway has recently received marketing approvals in Europe for treatment of major depression, bipolar depression and negative symptoms of schizophrenia with one version of their deep TMS H-Coil, and for Parkinson's disease with another version of … Read more on Jewish Business News High levels of glutamate in brain may kick-start schizophrenia: Implications … Strategies to treat schizophrenia by reducing glutamate have been tried before, but with patients in whom the disease is more advanced. "Targeting glutamate may be more useful in high-risk people or in those ...

Deep Brain Stimulation Holds Potential to Treat Multiple Disorders

...  potential to treat multiple disorders A: In patients who have severe depression and haven't responded to other treatment, we're researching what we believe is a critical brain hub within a bigger depression circuit. Activity in this circuit changes with successful responses to various … Read more on Houston Chronicle Treating Depression With Psychiatry and Faith The sense of irrational self-loathing is unfortunately very common, especially in moderate to severe depression and bipolar depression — a real dark, nihilistic sense of worthlessness or even self-hatred. Does the biological aspect of bipolar … Read more on Huffington Post Read ...

Mood Disorder Treatment: Mood Disorders 101

I’m a big believer that all of us who have mood disorders, or know someone who does, need to understand the definition of the illnesses before dealing with symptoms. Mood disorders make it difficult for a person to regulate their moods- which is why so many people with depression often hear that they should just get control of their emotions and not be so sensitive and negative! Read more... ...

Are We Over-Diagnosing Mental Illness?

by mrbill78636 Are we over-diagnosing mental illness? "You've got all these young kids running around with this diagnosis, yet many of them have never, ever had a manic episode, which is the hallmark of bipolar disorder," said Carroll, now the scientific director of the Pacific Behavioral Research Foundation. Read more on CNN Brain functional connectivity differs between unipolar and bipolar depression Patients with bipolar depression differ from their peers with unipolar depression in having stronger functional connectivity in the right posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), US study findings indicate. Moreover, the degree of connectivity in this region … Read more on News-Medical.net Read ...