Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/bipolar/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241084.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241084.phpIn 2008, roughly 14.3 million Americans were taking antipsychotics - typically prescribed for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or a number of other behavioral disorders - making them among the most prescribed drugs in the U.S...Bipolar Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241024.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241024.phpOver the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus (BDV) with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genetic fragments and antibodies to this RNA virus, which causes behavior disorders in a range of mammals and birds, have been found to be prevalent in psychiatric patients, but study results have been inconsistent...Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240644.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240644.phpThe most effective long-term treatment for bipolar disorder is lithium. It offers protection against depression and mania and reduces the risk of suicide and short-term mortality. However, according to a study in The Lancet ,safety concerns have made the use of lithium controversial...Bipolar Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240562.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240562.phpPCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness The solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) widely used in industry and to dry clean clothes is a neurotoxin known to cause mood changes, anxiety, and depression in people who work with it...Bipolar Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239821.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239821.phpA new study shows that deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a safe and effective intervention for treatment-resistant depression in patients with either unipolar major depressive disorder (MDD) or bipolar ll disorder (BP). The study was published Online First by Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The study was led by Helen S...Depression Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239616.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239616.phpAn international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, reports that abnormal sequences of DNA known as rare copy number variants, or CNVs, appear to play a significant role in the risk for early onset bipolar disorder. The findings were published in the Dec. 22 issue of the journal Neuron...Bipolar Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239220.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239220.phpIndividuals suffering from mood and anxiety disorders such as bipolar, panic disorder and major depressive disorder may be more likely to abuse opioids, according to a new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They found that mood and anxiety disorders are highly associated with non-medical prescription opioid use...Bipolar Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239632.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239632.phpNew research led by University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, finds that rare copy number variants (CNVs) where sections of DNA are either duplicated or missing, seem to play a key role in the risk for early onset bipolar disorder, which appears in childhood or early adulthood...Bipolar Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239408.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239408.phpThe identification of genes that contribute to a susceptibility to complex neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, major depression and bipolar disorders has been not very successful using conventional genetic approach...Schizophrenia Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238665.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238665.php A report published by Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, shows mothers experiencing a psychiatric episode in the first 30 days post-partum appear to have an increased risk of developing bipolar affective disorder...Psychology / Psychiatry Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238197.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/238197.phpAlthough many mental illnesses are uniquely human, animals sometimes exhibit abnormal behaviors similar to those seen in humans with psychological disorders. Such behaviors are called endophenotypes...Autism Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237917.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237917.phpSignificant progress has been made in understanding the genetic risk factors underlying psychiatric disease. Recent studies have identified common genetic mutations conferring modest risk and rare variants comprising significant risk...Schizophrenia Fri, 18 Nov 2011 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237884.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237884.php Researchers have discovered how the gene variant DISC1, which is linked to schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, impairs a particular signalling pathway in neurons that is crucial for normal brain development. Li-Huei Tsai, director of MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and colleagues, write about their findings in the 17 November issue of the journal Neuron...Schizophrenia Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237288.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237288.phpComputer analysis of brain scans could help predict how severe the future illness course of a patient with psychosis will be, according to research funded by the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. The findings could allow doctors to make more accurate decisions about how best to treat patients...Schizophrenia Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237303.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237303.phpUse of criteria such as family history of mania and early onset of illness resulted in the diagnosis of 31 percent more cases of bipolar disorder in individuals experiencing a major depressive episode, according to results of a large international study reported this year. Charles L. Bowden, M.D...Bipolar Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237197.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237197.phpA new chemical process developed by a team of Harvard researchers greatly increases the utility of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in creating real-time 3-D images of chemical process occurring inside the human body...Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237144.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237144.phpYour ability to recognize emotional content in faces and texts is linked to your blood pressure, according to a Clemson University researcher. A recently published study by Clemson University psychology professor James A. McCubbin and colleagues has shown that people with higher blood pressure have reduced ability to recognize angry, fearful, sad and happy faces and text passages...Hypertension Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236608.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236608.php Low levels of a brain protein that regulates gene expression may play a role in the origin of bipolar disorder, a complex and sometimes disabling psychiatric disease...Bipolar Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236528.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236528.phpResearchers at the University of Leeds investigating the genetic causes of bipolar disorder have identified two new drugs = one of which has already been found safe in clinical trials - that may be effective in treating the disorder. Bipolar disorder is characterised by mood swings between mania and depression...Bipolar Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236491.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236491.phpGeneric versions of olanzapine tablets (Zyprexa) and olanzapine orally disintegrating tablets (Zyprexa Zydus) for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to the FDA, approximately 1% of Americans are affected by schizophrenia...Schizophrenia Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234838.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234838.phpIn the first study to systematically investigate genome-wide epigenetic differences in a large number of psychosis discordant twin-pairs, research at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London provides further evidence that epigenetic processes play an important role in neuropsychiatric disease...Schizophrenia Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234696.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/234696.phpA team of over 250 researchers from more than 20 countries have discovered that common genetic variations contribute to a person's risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The study of more than 50,000 adults ages 18 and older provides new molecular evidence that 11 DNA regions in the human genome have strong association with these diseases, including six regions not previously observed...Schizophrenia Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233844.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233844.phpRecognition of bipolar disorder in adolescents is now clearly established. However, whether bipolarity exists in children remains controversial despite numerous studies that have been conducted on this topic in the last fifteen years...Bipolar Fri, 26 Aug 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233371.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233371.phpResearchers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and Beaumont Hospital have conducted a study which has found striking brain similarities in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia...Schizophrenia Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233163.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233163.phpNew stem cell lines developed from the skin of adults living with bipolar disorder are providing researchers at the University of Michigan Health System an unprecedented opportunity to delve into the genetic and biological underpinnings of the devastating mood disorder...Bipolar