Mood stabilizers and risk of all-cause, natural, and suicide mortality in bipolar disorder: a nationwide cohort study - Chen PH, Tsai SY, Chen PY, Pan CH, Su SS, Chen CC, Kuo CJ.
This study evaluated associations between the use of mood stabilizers and the risks of all-cause mortality, suicide, and natural mortality in a national cohort of people with bipo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 15, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Bipolar Minds Matter: Quicker diagnosis and specialist support for everyone with bipolar
Commission is calling for better understanding of bipolar (BP) in society, quicker diagnosis, suicide prevention policies to include BP, access to specialist treatment/support, optimum BP medication management, investment to improve inpatient care& BP-appropriate NHS services (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Are Some Bipolar I Disorder Patients Mistakenly Getting an MDD Diagnosis?
(MedPage Today) -- COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A fraction of people diagnosed as having major depressive disorder (MDD) may have misdiagnosed bipolar I disorder (BP-I), self-reported data suggested. Among more than 75,000 people surveyed online... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - November 10, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Selena Gomez: My Mind And Me Takeaways
In the doc, Selena and her loved ones take us through the time before, during, and after the 2018 "nervous breakdown" which led to her bipolar disorder diagnosis. #selena #breakdown #doc #lovedones (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New paper: Addressing the growing crisis of mental health and substance use disorders
The United States is facing a crisis of mental health and addiction that has left few Americans and families unimpacted by these illnesses and the devastating consequences that are often associated with them. Mental illness refers to a wide range of mental health conditions that can affect mood, thinking and behavior. These illnesses include substance use disorders and such conditions as depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and eating disorders. (Source: The Catalyst)
Source: The Catalyst - November 7, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Lindsey Seidlitz Tags: Research and Development Mental Health Source Type: news