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Can’t Miss It: Tuesday

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Compliments of Katsumi, our Flickr pool. THE RISING SEA : Town Hall hosts Orrin Pilkey and Rob Young, professors and authors of The Rising Sea , tonight as the second installment of a series on sustainability issues titled Soundings From Island Press. The two will be discussing the possible consequences of sea levels rising by as much as seven feet in 2100, and how we can plan ahead for saving lives and communities in coastal cities such as Miami, New York, and New Orleans. 7:30 p

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It is Important to Know Bipolar Symptoms for Early Diagnosis

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The mental illness Bipolar is always known by the name manic depressive illness, manic depression, mania and depression symptoms etc. The name bipolar mood disorder is a new name added to the list already under bipolar. Bipolar mood disorder is the new name better describing the two severe mood swings of depression and mania. Those with bipolar mood disorder go through recurrent moods of depression and elevated moods. Both these two moods can be just mild to quite extreme. There are t

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Psychotic Symptoms Of Bipolar Disorder

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by Sheila Wilson Psychosis occurs when the person experiences hallucinations or delusions. The psychotic symptoms are sensory or cognitive misperceptions that are not based in reality. Most people think of hallucinations as being visual, but hallucinations can be auditory, olfactory, or tactile. A person may hear, smell, or feel things that are not present in the environment. Delusions are extreme, unrealistic thoughts. Not all unrealistic thoughts are delusions. The difference between del

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Bye, Bye, Bipolar

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:35:03 +0000

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He awakes every day, knowing that it will be a struggle. He takes 10 pills a day to manage his disorders. He struggles with suicide almost daily. Some days are tougher than others. There are times he hears voices, that tell him to kill himself, other times he hears voices that tell him someone is in danger. He never feels normal, as hasnt for as long as he can recall. As difficult as it is for him, its not a problem that he deals with by himself. Like so many with mental illness, his family

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CONCERTA(R) (methylphenidate HCI) LAUNCHES MOBILE WEB EXPERIENCE TO PROVIDE TOOLS AND SUPPORT FOR ADHD AWARENESS

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CONCERTA(R) (methylphenidate HCI) LAUNCHES MOBILE WEB EXPERIENCE TO PROVIDE TOOLS AND SUPPORT FOR ADHD AWARENESS An ADHD Resource in the Palm of Your Hand Text ADHD to 87415: Symptom Screeners, Disease Information, Videos and Toll-Free Call Center TITUSVILLE, N.J., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is estimated to impact up to 20 percent of children(1) and 4 percent of adults in the U.S.(2) Recent studies suggest ADHD is underdiagnosed: researchers e

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Does Your Loved One Change History?

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The Other Depression Besides Bipolar Manic Depression

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:46:29 +0000

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Manic-depression” was the term first introduced by a German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin in 1856 who was educated in Wrzburg. This severe mental disorder was formerly called manic-depressive disorder or manic-depression. It usually involves bipolar manic episodes that go with episodes of depression, symptoms of mood swings marked by severe feelings of hopelessness, rejection, loss, sadness, and failure . The two main types of bipolar mood disorders are bipolar disorder and major depression (u

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Do You Have an Anxiety Disorder or Suffer From Depression?

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:31:56 +0000

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Do you know what it feels like to be anxious? The nervousness , heart pounding and sweating before making a business call. The churning in your stomach before you ask the pretty girl out on a date. The tension you feel when you speak in front of a group. Anxiety for some of us is a good thing. It gets us ready to take action. It makes you study harder for an exam and keeps you alert when your making a presentation. Basically it helps us be in a peak state of performance ready to go. That de

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Psych Central Teams Up with the Authors of Bipolar Disorder For Dummies to Roll Out New Bipolar Blog – Bipolar Beat

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Pundits Ponder Whether Palin Had Postpartum Depression

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:47:11 +0000

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I just LOVE it when pundits and politicians talk about postpartum depression. In the latest issue of the magazine Vanity Fair, Todd Purdum writes this in his article on former Vice Presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palinand the 2008 Presidential campaign: “Some top aides worried about her mental state: was it possible that she was experiencing postpartum depression? (Palin’s youngest son was less than six months old.)”Purdumdoesn’t go into whyPalin’s aides wouldhave thought that. In

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