Bipolar: Gift or Curse? Mental Illness Awareness Week 2017
What to do to commemorate a week dedicated to mental illness? Might seem strange, but I think Mental Illness Awareness Week is something to be celebrated.
Mentally Ill at Higher Risk for Heart Disease
A recent study revealed that people who suffer severe mental ilness are 53 percent more likely to develop heart disease, heart attack, and stroke, compared to the general population.
Mentally Ill Should Be Exempt From Capital Punishment
Six states have proposed legislation that would outlaw capital punishment for people with severe mental illness.
Ask The Author: If You Could Change Being Bipolar, Would You?
Allie C. writes: If you could take away your bipolar and be “normal,” would you?
Mad Geniuses: Sinéad O’Connor
The Grammy-winning singer revealed she had bipolar disorder on The Oprah Winfrey Show in October of 2007. However, it was later revealed that her bipolar diagnosis was incorrect. What she had really been experiencing was depression influenced by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), stemming from her tumultuous childhood. O’Connor is in the news this week because she tried to kill herself again.
Should I Tell My Co-Workers I Have Bipolar?
I work in a bakery at a gourmet grocery store. I am perfectly comfortable saying that I’m writing a book. I only work three days a week so that I have free time to write, which my coworkers know. But when people ask what the book is about, I am reticent to tell them.
Psych Report: Brain Fingerprints
You are 100 percent unique. Your brain has an individualized fingerprint. One that could be used to specialize treatment for your bipolar or for others who have different types of mood disorders, says new study.
Psych Report: What If You Could Quell Depression Instantly?
When you’re first diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it can take up to a year or more to get on the right medication cocktail. But what if you could feel results instantaneously? With Low-Field Magnetic Stimulation, you can.
Psych Report: What if Your Pee Could Determine Your Fate?
There are no brain scans, X-rays, or MRIs that can identify bipolar disorder or any other mood disorder. But pee? Yes, your urine might be able to help discern what mood disorder you may have.
The Bipolar Punk Rock Opera You’ve Been Waiting For
New Jersey punks Titus Andronicus just dropped an atomic bomb of a double album, The Most Lamentable Tragedy, a 29-song, 93-minute blood-and-guts opus about frontman Patrick Stickles’ struggles with bipolar disorder.
