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Post-Partum Psychosis Rare but Real
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The existence of post-partum psychosis and post-partum depression has been hotly contested publicly. Tom Cruises denouncement of Brooke Shields diagnosis of post-partum depression is perhaps the most visible example of the controversy among laypeople, but in the medical literature the reality of both post-partum depression and post-partum psychosis is much more well-established. The so-called baby blues are common, affecting 30-75% of new mothers ( fathers are affected too ). True post-par
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Bipolar Living | admin | October 3, 2009 10:40 am | Comments (0)
DBSA National Conference 2009: Literature tables
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Joel said that the biggest difference from the literature tables at last years DBSA conference was the greater prominence of information on getting people off of disability and back to work. A lot of people with bipolar disorder are on disability. (Many also are not, either because theyre being supported by family members without recourse to disability, or because they are working.) Getting on disability is a slow and difficult process, which often involves being rejected at least once. (
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Bipolar Living | admin | September 30, 2009 10:40 am | Comments (0)
Family of Texas Musician Who Died On Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix Sues Maker
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Relatives of a Texas musician who died in 2007 after acting bizarrely while taking the smoking-cessation drug Chantix have filed a lawsuit against the drugs maker, Pfizer, accusing the company of failing to warn of suicidal thoughts and other dangerous psychiatric side effects associated with the medication.The shocking death of Carter Albrecht on September 3, 2007 became a high-profile example of reports of dangerous complications seen in people taking Chantix to kick their habits. Albrecht, a
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Bipolar Living | admin | September 11, 2009 6:26 am | Comments (0)
New Orleans is the Forgotten City
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Jackson Square, New Orleans Let’s be real, for a moment. For years, the only reason why the subject of New Orleans would ever come up in polite society was because it served as an effectivepunchline to highlight the failure of the Bush years. The citizensof New Orleansare finally waking up to the lip service being paid to their needs. Wasn’t President Obama supposed to fix New Orleans and put right one of the major failures of the Bush years? Harry Shearer is wondering just that:
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Bipolar Living | admin | August 30, 2009 6:26 am | Comments (0)
