http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/ Bipolar Disorder news on treatments, therapies, prevention and other developments/ en-us 2009-12-07T11:14:35-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001982.html The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Zyprexa (olanzapine) for treatment of schizophrenia and manic/mixed episodes associated with Bipolar I disorder in adolescents aged 13-17 years. This approval, announced on Dec. 4, comes with plenty of warnings for... Childhood Bipolar Disorder Michael Lane 2009-12-07T11:14:35-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001981.html The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday that Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) has been approved for the acute treatment of manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder in children and adolescents (10-17 years of age), both as monotherapy (single-drug... Bipolar Disorder Medications Michael Lane 2009-12-06T21:31:44-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001978.html During the NAMI 2009 conference we met with representatives of the Social Security Adminstration's Ticket to Work program which provides financial incentives for small businesses to employ people with disabilities. This program has been retooled recently with the objective of... Government/Legal & Bipolar Disorder Michael Lane 2009-12-01T20:41:04-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001977.html When Americans hear the term "Brain Surgery" their first thought may be of Jack Nicholson's character in the 1975 movie "One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest" and the crippling lobotomy performed on him. Indeed, "Psychosurgery" was popularized in the United... Psychosurgery Michael Lane 2009-11-29T21:38:36-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001976.html The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the atypical antipsychotic Geodon (ziprasidone) for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder as an adjunct to lithium or Depakote (valporate) in adults. In 2004, the FDA approved Geodon for treatment of... Bipolar Disorder Medications Michael Lane 2009-11-23T20:35:05-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001975.html Frontline recently aired a program that explores the rapid increase in diagnoses of bipolar disorder in children during the past 7-8 years; the program is an update from earlier Frontline pieces which aired in 2001 and 2008. This program offers... Childhood Bipolar Disorder Michael Lane 2009-11-18T10:23:07-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001973.html I've recently blogged about using Mood Tracking Solutions as a tool for those with bipolar disorder to help manage their lives (see Oct. 27 and Sept. 15 posts). I came across an interesting article which supports this notion. A UK... Bipolar Disorder Mood Tracking Michael Lane 2009-11-17T10:28:34-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001972.html I came across an intersting set of Short Stories on the online BBC Health "Secret Life" section. These short clips feature eight people with bipolar disorder who were asked questions about how they first felt when they were diagnosed; their... Bipolar Disorder Personal Stories Michael Lane 2009-11-12T15:10:06-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001970.html Last Saturday (Nov. 7) the House of Represenatives passed the Health Care Reform bill (H.R. 3962) by a narrow margin of 220-215. The Health Care reform debate has moved over to the Senate side where a similar bill may be... Government/Legal & Bipolar Disorder Michael Lane 2009-11-10T13:08:25-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001969.html The Issue The steady drum beat of diagnosing kids and adolescents across the U.S. with mental illnesses seems to have quickened during the past few years. Increasingly, parents come out of meetings with school counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists et. al. with... Childhood Bipolar Disorder Michael Lane 2009-11-10T12:36:04-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001968.html In yesterday's blog, I indicated that the Health Care Reform Bill is moving toward a vote in the House of Representatives. The expected vote is now being considered for Sunday (Nov 8) or perhaps later. President Obama is planning to... Government/Legal & Bipolar Disorder Michael Lane 2009-11-06T11:27:35-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001967.html Last week, the House of Representatives created a new bill, H.R. 3962, which combines previous legislation passed by three House committees. This newly created legislation represents the House version of Health Care reform which is scheduled for a House vote... Government/Legal & Bipolar Disorder Michael Lane 2009-11-05T14:54:59-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001966.html During the NAMI 2009 conference we met with representatives of the Social Security Adminstration's Ticket to Work program which provides financial incentives for small businesses to employ people with disabilities. This program has been retooled recently with the objective of... Government/Legal & Bipolar Disorder Michael Lane 2009-10-29T14:37:41-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001965.html Children taking psychiatric medications for bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses can experience rapid weight gain according to a new study published in the Oct. 28 The Journal of the American Medicine Association. The findings also link some of these... Childhood Bipolar Disorder Michael Lane 2009-10-28T11:45:39-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001964.html MoodTracker.com Our findings are drawn from conversations with the MoodTracker.com CEO (David Hale), current users of MoodTraker.com, and our independent review of MoodTracker.com. We plan to monitor this software, stay in touch with active users and provide subsequent updates. We... Bipolar Disorder Mood Tracking Michael Lane 2009-10-27T09:51:41-08:00