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Post-Partum Psychosis Rare but Real
More info…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 [...]
DBSA National Conference 2009: Literature tables
More info…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 [...]
Family of Texas Musician Who Died On Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix Sues Maker
More info…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 [...]
New Orleans is the Forgotten City
More info…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 [...]