Health professionals have known about the problem of this time lag for years, and back in 1999 were asking in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, “Is bipolar disorder still underdiagnosed? Are antidepressants overutilized?” The short answer is, ‘yup.’ That study… Continue Reading
There’s not a lot that makes you feel better about yourself than someone flat-out telling you you’re stupid. My doctor seems to think if he gives lots of reasons for my stupidity, excusing me for being a somewhat of an… Continue Reading
I would so like to start this post by talking about “the other people” in a slightly superior way. You know, the way people talk about schoolteachers (I was one for 9 years, so I really know), or about people… Continue Reading
Preparing for ECT: You can make a difference Lest you try to discount my advice by thinking, “Wait a minute, that can’t happen to me. That gal’s off the charts!” I acknowledge–fully–that in the field of mental health I’ve spent much… Continue Reading
I do realize that from the way I blog people can start to think that all the research scientists put out there on the Web is for bloggers like me to synthesize on bipolar disease. I mean, if you read… Continue Reading
I’m a recipient of a Google Alert on Bipolar Disorder. This just means that Google automatically notifies me when there’s new news (as opposed to the old kind, I guess) on the web on BD. It can be from news… Continue Reading
When the Alternative Just Looks Better: Bipolar and Medication Non-adherence Why would anyone choose an injection (getting to the medical office, waiting, waiting, more waiting, and then mild discomfort) over taking a daily pill? The simple answer: many folks can’t… Continue Reading
It is fair to say that there never was such a fuss and hullabaloo surrounding a psychiatric manual as there has been about the DSM-5, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, put out by the (psychiatry… Continue Reading
Yup it’s still Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. In fact, I stand corrected. It is the Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. And I have a sneaking suspicion that you’ve forgotten that–that to you it’s Cord Blood Awareness… Continue Reading
Having bipolar disorder isn’t exactly a kick. Now that it’s all the trend for famous people to have it, perhaps sufferers feel a bit better–but so often the names call up a manic hilarity. Think Jim Carey or Rowan Atkinson… Continue Reading
“The data are in, and it is clear that . . .a[n] experiment has failed: despite decades of research and billions of dollars invested, not a single mechanistically novel drug has reached the psychiatric market in more than 30 years.”… Continue Reading
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun –Ecclesiastes 1:9 You know, I’d say there’s a better than even chance that when King Solomon wrote those words–let’s… Continue Reading
