Posts Tagged ‘Compulsive Disorders’
When Bipolar Illness Meets Grief: Kay Redfield Jamison on Becoming a Widow
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More info…Wednesday, October 21 at 10:00 a.m. on “Weekday” Psychiatry professor Kay Redfield Jamison is known for her book “An Unquiet Mind,” about her struggles with manicdepressive, bipolar illness. Now Jamison tells the story of her husband’s death. How does grief affect a bipolar person? How can a person grieve without sliding into serious depression? [...]
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A Tale of Depression
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More info…At the age of 18, which now seems like a lifetime away, I was in a new city going to school and having a real hard time coping with life, but had no idea why. This article is about Coping, Depression, GlaxoSmithKline, Human Interest, Major depressive disorder, Mental Health, Paroxetine, paxil, Selective serotonin reuptake [...]
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Episodes Of Hypomania
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More info…by Sheila Wilson Hypomania episodes occur when a person is experiencing symptoms of mania that are not severe enough to be considered a manic episode. Hypomania may be part of a bipolar II disorder diagnosis. Another psychiatric condition that causes hypomanic episodes is cyclothymic disorder. In cyclothymic disorder, the person must have numerous hypomanic [...]
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New Book Challenges Current Thinking on Depression and Finds Advantages in the Condition
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Managing Bipolar Disorder with Nutrition
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More info…Bipolar is a treatable disease. The free-flowing use of prescription medications nowadays has taken the front seat to managing this illness. Diet and nutrition rarely seem to be mentioned in any advertisement that combs the airwaves. Bipolar nutrition in retrospect is a way to manage this debilitating disorder and live life in as normal [...]
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