http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/ Bipolar Disorder news on treatments, therapies, prevention and other developments/ en-us 2009-11-06T11:27:35-08:00 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 Mood Tracking Michael Lane 2009-10-27T09:51:41-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001963.html We recently posted a blog (Oct 19) about the increase in bipolar disorder and depression on college campuses. We cited an NPR Story on "Morning Edition" which highlighted actions that Stanford students are taking to educate other students about Mental... Bipolar disorder and college students Michael Lane 2009-10-26T20:53:23-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001962.html A new high-profile organization, Bring Change 2 Mind, is being launched today through a series of public service announcements (PSAs). The PSAs address the stigma of Mental Illness and raise awareness of the prevalence of Mental Illness in the U.S.;... Bipolar Disorder Advocacy Michael Lane 2009-10-21T10:34:41-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001960.html Following last Friday's post (Initial onset of Bipolar during College years), I heard an interesting NPR story today on "Morning Edition." The story focused on students at Stanford University who are taking the initiative to help educate other students about... Bipolar disorder and college students Michael Lane 2009-10-19T15:13:00-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001959.html This recent article http://healthnews.uc.edu/news/?/9324 caught my attention. It discusses the notion that depression in young college students can begin to manifest itself just weeks after school starts; at that time, the "the honeymoon period" is over and the ongoing stress... Bipolar disorder and college students Michael Lane 2009-10-16T14:54:12-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001958.html Summary A new study suggests that a single gene, called GSK-3, controls the signals that determine how many neurons actually end up composing the brain. This has important implications for patients with neuropsychiatric illness, as links have recently been drawn... Bipolar Disorder Genes Michael Lane 2009-10-13T13:38:49-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001957.html University of Missouri researchers have found evidence that nearly half of those diagnosed between the ages of 18 and 25 may outgrow the disorder by the time they reach 30. "Using two large nationally representative studies, we found that there... Childhood Bipolar Disorder szadmin 2009-10-02T16:22:41-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001956.html Apropos of our recent post on September 17, we came across a University of Pittsburgh Study released earlier this year which offers additional information about children of bipolar parents. Children and teens of parents with bipolar disorder have an increased... Bipolar Disorder Genes Michael Lane 2009-09-21T15:58:23-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001955.html Many bipolar patients must face the terrifying prospect that their illness may be passed along to their children! A recent Q&A post from CNN Health.net caught our attention: Question: "My boyfriend and I discussing getting engaged and having children one... Childhood Bipolar Disorder Michael Lane 2009-09-17T10:21:25-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001954.html Damage to the brain caused by chronic stress or lead poisoning can be repaired by blocking a key molecular pathway, Yale University researchers report in the September 7-11 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Rats subjected... Bipolar Disorder Research Study Michael Lane 2009-09-15T11:56:57-08:00 http://www.pendulum.org/bpnews/archive/001953.html bStableTM (McGraw Systems LLC) Our findings are drawn from conversations with the McGraw Systems CEO (Ben McGraw) and current users of bStable, and our independent review of bStable. We plan to use this software and provide a subsequent report on... Bipolar Mood Tracking Michael Lane 2009-09-15T11:44:00-08:00