Wednesday, December 20, 2006

How clean is the new House intelligence chairman?



Slate - often agree on a diagnosis—and then clash over whether a defendant's schizophrenia or bipolar disorder or manic depression Would the judicial system be so convoluted and contrarian in its treatment of the mentally ill if there were enough beds
Source: www.slate.com

Seasonal affective disorder (winter depression)
Tiscali - There have also been reports of successful treatment using exposure to bright light. There is a small proportion of It is possible that these individuals have a seasonal bipolar affective disorder (seasonal manic depression) and again the mood
Source: www.tiscali.co.uk

Q&A: Russell Reid inquiry
Guardian Unlimited - Patient D was later sectioned and, after a diagnosis and treatment for manic depression, no longer wanted to change sex. Patient E alleges that Dr Reid suggested that he work as an escort to fund his gender reassignment. Patients B and C now regret
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

NEGLECT IN CUSTODY | A SPECIAL REPORT: Mentally ill inmate dies in
Detroit Free Press - glaring example of a troubled state prison health care system, riddled with misdiagnoses, delayed or denied treatment and Because he was taking medications for multiple medical conditions -- including manic-depression, psychosis and hypertension
Source: www.freep.com

Bipolar disorder
CNN - Bipolar disorder is also known as manic-depression or manic-depressive illness — manic behavior is one extreme of this Lithium (Eskalith, Lithobid) has been widely used as a mood stabilizer and is generally the first line of treatment for
Source: www.cnn.com


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