Bipolar Disorder

AMA Moves to Ban Direct-To-Consumer Pharmaceutical Ads

According to the AMA, direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals and medical devices drives up health care costs and should be banned. [More…]

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By R Kennedy | Advertising . Antidepressant medication . Antipsychotic medication . Bipolar Depression . Bipolar Disorder . Depression . Direct-to-Consumer . Drug marketing . FDA . Health Industry . Mental health . News . Pharmaceutical Industry
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Diabetes Screening Inadequate in Mentally Ill

New research shows that despite long-standing recommendations that severely mentally ill patients who take antipsychotics undergo annual screening for diabetes […]

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By R Kennedy | Antipsychotic medication . Bipolar Disorder . Cardiovascular . Cardiovascular Risk Factors . Diabetes . Mental health . Metabolic screening . Schizophrenia
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Delays In Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Bipolar Disorder

According to a study in PLOS One journal, there is often a substantial delay before diagnosis and treatment initiation of […]

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By R Kennedy | Bipolar Disorder . Delayed diagnosis . Diagnosis
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Task Force Report on Antidepressant Use in Bipolar Disorders

The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Task Force Report on Antidepressant Use in Bipolar Disorders has been published in […]

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By R Kennedy | Antidepressant medication . Bipolar Depression . Bipolar Disorder . Depression
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Sixth Annual Chair Summit Begins This Week

This week a Master Class for Neuroscience Development called the Chair Summit takes place in Tampa, FL (Sept 26-28, 2013). […]

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By R Kennedy | Addiction . ADHD . Antipsychotic medication . Anxiety Disorders . Biomarker . Bipolar Disorder . Cardiovascular Risk Factors . Chronic Pain . CME . Dementia . Depression . Diabetes . Diagnosis . Digital medicine . Drug Development . Drugs . DSM-5 . Early intervention . Education . Food . Genetics . Guideline . Imaging . Maintenance of Certification . Measurement-based care . Medical Education . Mood . MRI . Multiple sclerosis . Negative symptoms . Neuroscience . Obesity . Opioids . PET . Practice guideline . Psychosis . PTSD . Research . Schizophrenia . Smoking cessation . Social media . Stroke . Substance abuse . Transcranial magnetic stimulation . Vascular dementia
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White House Conference on Mental Health

This week, the White House organized a conference on mental health with a particular emphasis on stigma and awareness. President […]

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By R Kennedy | Bipolar Disorder . Disability . Discrimination . Mental health . Stigma
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Pain conditions among veterans with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

A study published in General Hospital Psychiatry evaluated the rates of chronic, noncancer pain conditions in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia […]

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By R Kennedy | Bipolar Disorder . Chronic Pain . Pain . Schizophrenia
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Bipolar Disorder – A Focus on Depression

Live today,  neuroscienceCME Live and On Demand Bipolar Disorder – A Focus on Depression. [More…]

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By R Kennedy | Bipolar Depression . Bipolar Disorder . Depression . News
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