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The Connection Between ‘Bipolar Disorder’ and Migraine: Unraveling the History of a Family Line

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” His mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Looking back, I think my friends did the only thing that they thought could help — having an intervention and convincing me to voluntarily admit myself to the hospital. Pool also did an extensive review of my medical records and diagnosed me with bipolar disorder.

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Mood Tracking: My System for Reducing Psychiatric Hospitalizations

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D uring my first psychiatric hospitalization in 1998, I was strapped down, placed in 4-point restraints, and administered a painful catheter—apparently because I had peed on the floor during the course of my psychotic episode. Captivity By my count (with an assist from my mother) I’ve had 12 psychiatric hospitalizations in my life.

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Psychiatric Patients Restrained at Sky-High Rates at This L.A. Hospital

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From the Los Angeles Times : “When he came home from the hospital, Marcelus Laidler began to wet the bed. ‘I have nightmares I’m being restrained,’ said Laidler, who has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. ‘That hospital is like one bad dream after another.’

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ADHD Drugs Linked to Psychosis and Mania

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In a new study , researchers compared people who were hospitalized for psychiatric reasons. She is affiliated with Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Moran is also affiliated with Harvard Medical School as a psychiatrist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA, as is Ongur. To read the full article, sign up as a MIA Supporter.

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Searching for the “Psychiatric Yeti”: Schizophrenia Is Not Genetic

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T he decades-long attempt to locate the gene or genes for schizophrenia has failed, according to a new article in Psychiatric Research by prominent schizophrenia researcher E. Torrey is a psychiatrist and a researcher on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Fuller Torrey. Why Does Schizophrenia Run in Families?

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Meagan, Mother of Matt

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The last visit to the ER jolted us to next-level intensity beginning with the ER doctor who traded the Xanax for Klonopin, another benzo, and prescribed Remeron, saying Matt needed to spend the night at the hospital so that they could “make sure he could sleep.” They assured him they would admit him, and I left the hospital.

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THE LIGHT PREVAILED by Diana Spore

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I am also a trauma survivor, an individual labeled with Bipolar Disorder, who struggled with suicidal ideation. I have written academic/scholarly articles published in scientific peer-reviewed journals, position papers, blogs, newspaper articles, and workbooks.