Read more bipolar disorder stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11439/bipolar-disorder.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:37:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63349/genetic-faults-link-manic-depression-schizophrenia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered genetic variations that link schizophrenia to manic depression for the first time, the Independent reports. Research made possible by technical advances found that thousands of tiny genetic faults raised the risk of both mental illnesses, which had previously been believed to be completely distinct conditions. Experts hope...http://www.newser.com/story/63349/genetic-faults-link-manic-depression-schizophrenia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 7:41:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37074/would-be-dads-have-ticking-clock-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen a couple has trouble conceiving, don't necessarily blame the woman and her limited supply of eggs—men's fertility starts dropping even before women's, Time reports. In addition to fecundity issues, older men also risk siring children with higher rates of autism, schizophrenia, Down syndrome and bipolar disorder. Male fertility...http://www.newser.com/story/37074/would-be-dads-have-ticking-clock-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Sep 2008 13:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36387/bipolar-risk-rises-with-fathers-age.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChildren born to fathers older than 30 have an 11% higher chance of developing bipolar disorder than kids with younger dads, and the risk increases with the father’s age, new research reveals. The rate climbs to 37% of offspring of fathers aged 55, Reuters reports, compared to the overall incidence...http://www.newser.com/story/36387/bipolar-risk-rises-with-fathers-age.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Sep 2008 15:26:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32121/mental-illness-drove-niu-killer-to-suicide-tries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe shooter who left 5 dead and 15 injured at Northern Illinois University in February had tried to kill himself four times, an investigative effort by Esquire finds. “I want to die. Life sucks,” Steve Kazmierczak told a nurse after attempting to overdose on prescription medication while in high school...http://www.newser.com/story/32121/mental-illness-drove-niu-killer-to-suicide-tries.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Jul 2008 14:20:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24507/dont-expect-a-20th-nervous-breakdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“Nervous breakdown” has long been a catchall for psychological conditions as varied as depression and schizophrenia. But as psychiatric patients emerge from stigmatized isolation—and as the DSM fattens—scientists are chucking the antiquated term in favor of a more descriptive and accurate taxonomy. “I haven’t heard that term in...http://www.newser.com/story/24507/dont-expect-a-20th-nervous-breakdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Apr 2008 10:11:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20045/blood-test-aims-to-id-bipolar-moods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagResearchers at Indiana University have developed a blood test that uses genetic markers to identify a patient's mood state, a discovery that could herald a breakthrough in the diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Widespread tests are still at least 5 years away, but already many are concerned that results would be...http://www.newser.com/story/20045/blood-test-aims-to-id-bipolar-moods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 Feb 2008 6:17:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17826/britney-carted-off-to-get-help.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFollowing an emotionally fraught week, singer Britney Spears was again taken from her home by ambulance early today to "get help," according to Los Angeles police. Spears was taken to UCLA Medical Center after "driving around the neighborhood like a mad woman," a family source told People magazine. "Britney has...http://www.newser.com/story/17826/britney-carted-off-to-get-help.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 31 Jan 2008 6:50:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17273/therapists-want-end-to-britney-diagnoses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe media loves to publish experts' diagnoses of Britney Spears, but assessing a patient's mental condition from gossip columns is irresponsible—and it's giving therapists a bad rep, concluded some professionals at an American Psychoanalytic Association summit. "Brains don't have a checkbox," one analyst told the AP, but some media...http://www.newser.com/story/17273/therapists-want-end-to-britney-diagnoses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Jan 2008 20:20:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13665/parents-see-kids-disorders-in-themselves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagParents whose kids have psychiatric disorders will often seek, and find, signs of the same illness in themselves, the New York Times reports. Some ailments do run in the family—depression and bipolar disorder, for example—but parents at times dig up symptoms to show solidarity with kids and lessen...http://www.newser.com/story/13665/parents-see-kids-disorders-in-themselves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Dec 2007 15:14:00 CST