Bipolar Soars as Diagnosis for the Young
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The number of American children and adolescents treated for bipolar disorder increased 40-fold from 1994 to 2003.
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The number of alcohol-linked hospital admissions in England has doubled in a decade for people over 16 years old and risen by a third for children under 16, according to figures released Tuesday.
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Nearly half of patients suffering from manic depression, or bipolar disorder, may have been abused as children, scientists say in a new report.
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Scientists produce compelling evidence that autism may in some cases be linked to inflammation of the brain.
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Bipolar disorder, a sometimes misdiagnosed mental illness characterized by wide emotional swings, may be identifiable by chemical abnormalities visible in victims' brains, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Brandon Staglin was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 18. The way his parents saw it, they suddenly had two problems. One was the disease, which they tackled by finding the right doctors, medication and therapy. The other was fear.
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Scientists imaging brain activity of teenagers say they can explain some of the youngsters' "difficult" behaviour.
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a widely used adult psychiatric drug for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in children and adolescents.
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This article is primarily about the alarming rise in doctors prescribing antidepressant drugs for children, especially in the UK, where the rate has skyrocketed by 68% over just two years.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- It may be possible to predict who will develop psychotic illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, very early in the disease process, a new study says.
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Dr. Bennett Leventhal, a child psychiatrist and autism specialist who helped change how the medical profession and the public viewed mental illness in children, has been
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A growing number of children are taking combinations of powerful and even life-threatening medications to treat an array of problems.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka Pharmaceutical have announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Abilify (aripiprazole) for the treatment of acute bipolar mania, including manic and mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder.
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Pfizer&#39;s schizophrenia drug Geodon (ziprasidone HCI) has won new US Food and Drug Administration approval to treat bipolar mania, a condition characterized by unnatural highs that can lead to impulsive and dangerous behaviors.
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Evelyn Green was in her mid-30s when doctors told her that her young son, Perry, had attention deficit disorder. The real surprise came, however, when she began to research the condition.
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Smoking cannabis frequently during adolescence and young adulthood increases the risk of psychotic symptoms later in life, reveals a study published in the British Medical Journal online.
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Research and investment into  brain-related illnesses is growing at an unprecedented rate as  scientific advances coincide with the demands of an aging  baby-boom population determined to beat the odds.