Biploar Animations – Treatment Animations

Missing In Action: 'Where Is The New National Mental Health Plan?' Asks SANE Australia
Australians affected by mental illness are worried by repeated delays in producing a new National Mental Health Plan - SANE Australia calls for prompt action by the Rudd Government and COAG. 2008 is drawing to a close and the Rudd Government is now in its second year in office, yet there is still no new national plan for mental health services, despite widespread acceptance of the urgent need.

Janssen-Cilag International N.V. Withdraws Its Application For An Extension Of Indication For Invega (paliperidone)
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has been formally notified by Janssen-Cilag International N.V. of its decision to withdraw its application for an extension of indication for the centrally authorized medicine Invega (paliperidone) prolonged-release tablets. Invega was expected to be used for the treatment of acute manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder. Invega was first authorised in the European Union on 25 June 2007.

14 Drugs Identified As Most Urgently Needing Study For Off-label Use, Stanford Professor Says
Physicians and policy-makers know that drugs are frequently prescribed to treat certain diseases despite a lack of FDA approval - a practice known as off-label prescribing. Yet they say the problem is so big they don't know how to begin tackling it. But a potential game plan now exists.

Bipolar Disorder Genes, Pathways Identified By Indiana University Neuroscientists
Neuroscientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine have created the first comprehensive map of genes likely to be involved in bipolar disorder, according to research published online Nov. 21 in the American Journal of Medical Genetics. The researchers combined data from the latest large-scale international gene hunting studies for bipolar disorder with information from their own studies and have identified the best candidate genes for the illness.

Indiana University Neuroscientists Identify Bipolar Disorder Genes, Pathways
Neuroscientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine have created the first comprehensive map of genes likely to be involved in bipolar disorder, according to research published online Nov. 21 in the American Journal of Medical Genetics. The researchers combined data from the latest large-scale international gene hunting studies for bipolar disorder with information from their own studies and have identified the best candidate genes for the illness.

Influential Psychiatrist Radio Host Loses Job, Earned $1.3 Million From Drug Companies
Psychiatrist Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, host to the popular radio program The Infinite Mind, has lost his radio hosting job after Senator Charles E. Grassley revealed that he had received $1.3 million from pharmaceutical companies during the period 2000-2007. Dr. Goodwin used to be director of the National Institute of Mental Health. How widespread this practice has been among media figures is unclear, as Dr. Goodwin is just the first one to be investigated.

New Data, New Directions In Management Of Mood And Anxiety Disorders - 8th International Forum For Mood And Anxiety Disorders Congress
Clinicians and researchers from around the world attended this week's 8th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety disorders in Vienna, Austria to discuss the latest advances in the treatment of mood disorders. A wide range of topics were included in this year's programme, highlighting the position of IFMAD in the congress calendar as a forum for breaking news, original thinking and debate.

Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder - Clinical Feasibility Of Once-a-Day Ziprasidone
Lipocine Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company that uses clinically validated proprietary technologies to address key unmet drug delivery and therapeutic needs, today announced the successful completion of a clinical study that establishes feasibility of the first once-a-day dosing product for Ziprasidone, a leading treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. - Schizophrenia affects 1% of the population and bipolar disorder affects 5.7M adults in the US*.

SEROQUEL XR™ And SEROQUEL(R) Approved In Europe For New Indications For The Treatment Of Bipolar Disorder
AstraZeneca today announced that the once-daily formulation SEROQUEL XR™ (quetiapine fumarate extended release tablets) and SEROQUEL® (quetiapine fumarate) have been approved via the Mutual Recognition Procedure for new indications in bipolar disorder. SEROQUEL XR and SEROQUEL have been approved for treatment of major depressive episodes in bipolar disorder. Additionally, SEROQUEL XR has been approved for treatment of moderate to severe manic episodes in bipolar disorder.

Repligen Initiates Phase 2b Clinical Trial Of RG2417 In Bipolar Disorder
Repligen Corporation (Nasdaq: RGEN) announced that the Company has initiated a Phase 2b clinical trial to evaluate the use of RG2417, an oral formulation of uridine, in patients with bipolar depression. This Phase 2b study is a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial in which approximately 150 patients with bipolar depression will receive either RG2417 or placebo twice daily for eight weeks.

One In Five Hospital Admissions Are For Patients With Mental Disorders, USA
About 1.4 million hospitalizations in 2006 involved patients who were admitted for a mental illness, while another 7.1 million patients had a mental disorder in addition to the physical condition for which they were admitted, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The 8.5 million hospitalizations involving patients with mental illness represented about 22 percent of the overall 39.5 million hospitalizations in 2006.

Bipolar Disorder Involves A Lower Quality Of Both Mental And Physical Life, Even In Periods Of Normality
A study carried out in the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Granada (Spain) and the Mental Health Unit of the Hospital Neurotraumatológico of Jaen (Spain) has evaluated the quality of life of patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD), in comparison with the general population, and which variables are connected with patients with a lower quality of life.

During A Response-Imaging Task, MRI Brain Activity In First-Episode Bipolar Mania
Impulsiveness can be a common feature of mania, particularly the inability to inhibit behavioral responses. This neuroimaging study examined bipolar patients during their first episode of mania to clarify the brain functioning associated with response inhibition in this early phase of illness. 16 first-episode bipolar patients and 16 healthy subjects were underwent functional MRI scanning (fMRI) while performing a response inhibition task.

Both Mental And Physical Quality Of Life Affected By Bipolar Disorder
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Two Per Cent Of People In England In Contact With NHS Specialist Mental Health Services, New Report Shows
One in 50 people in England were in contact with NHS specialist services for those with severe or enduring mental health problems in 2006-07, according to a new report by The NHS Information Centre. The number accessing specialist services, which cover care by specialist psychiatric teams in hospital or in the community, has risen over the four years covered by the report, reaching more than 1.1 million in 2006-07.