Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Lack of options keeps mentally disturbed youth locked up
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Experts say most of these children need mental health services -- counseling, group therapy, perhaps medication Just last week, a 15-year-old boy diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder, bipolar disorder and depression with psychosis stood before
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The Polonium Connection
Slate - Most vulnerable are those who have endured episodes of significant depression or are bipolar (manic-depressive) and have already tendency to label all emotional discomfort—shyness in adults, for example—as sicknesses requiring medication
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Man dies after cops shoot him with Taser
New York Daily News - Blondel Lassegue, who was ordained a minister two weeks ago through a nondenominational Las Vegas church, had begun acting erratically after going off his medication for depression and bipolar disorder, relatives said. Lassegue, who lived in Brooklyn
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Treatment-Resistant Depression: Diagnostic Strategies and Current
Medscape News - disorder, which is common, as is ruling out a diagnosis of atypical, psychotic, or bipolar depression Medication augmentation after the failure of SSRIs for depression. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:1243-1252. Nierenberg AA. Optimizing antidepressant
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