More info…A new study is shedding light on the relationship between depression and bipolar disorder. bipolar living
Archive | August, 2010
Around Your Town 08/24/10
More info…The new semester began Monday at Cochise College. At left, Pablo Leon gets help finding a classroom from Dean Dr. Doris Jensen in Sierra Vista. (Beatrice Richardson Herald/Review) Peer-to-Peer is a unique course designed for those living with a diagnosis of major depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders (panic, OCD , PTSD ), schizophrenia or [...]
There’s No Place Like Home: Paul Huljich the Bipolar Man Who Cured Himself Addresses How Teenage Mental Illness …
More info…According to a recent report issued by the MacArthur Foundation Research Network, one in five teens suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder. Young people with a history of mental disorders face great adversity in life. Nearly 40% of youth with mental disorders either drop out of high school, have unplanned pregnancies, take to drugs [...]
Chocolate, Mood and the Brain
More info…A mood disorder is a condition where ones natural emotional mood is distorted or incongruous to ones circumstances. The category of mood disorders includes all types of depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorders. Sometimes called affective disorders, mood disorders often co-occur bipolar manic
Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder
More info…Bipolar Disorder symptoms, formerly known as Manic Depression symptoms, consist of Major Depressive Episodes as well as Manic Episodes or milder Hypomanic Episodes. Like many other mental health professionals, when I see a new client who reports symptoms of depression, I also screen for Bipolar Disorder. Unless mental health clients are aware of the [...]