Articles: April 2006

Galloway boy to state lawmakers: Be angels to my mentally ill sister
April 2006, www.pressofatlanticcity.com: If 12-year-old Jason Marcy felt at all nervous about testifying Tuesday in front of the Assembly Budget Committee, he did not show it....

Campus counseling on the increase
April 5th, 2006, MyDNA.com: Results from an annual survey of mental health counselors at North American colleges and universities indicate that more students than ever before are seeking help for a variety of mental illnesses and more schools are offering services on campus....

Articles: March 2006

New Dosages Of RISPERDAL® (Risperidone) Now Available
March 26th, 2006, www.medicalnewstoday.com: Physicians treating people with schizophrenia or bipolar mania now have expanded treatment options: Two additional dosages (3 mg and 4 mg) of RISPERDAL® M-TAB®, the fast-dissolving form of one of the most prescribed antipsychotic medications...

Psychiatry's Shocking New Tools
March 2006, www.spectrum.ieee.org: Electronic implants and electromagnetic pulses are picking up where psychoactive drugs have failed...

Bipolar Self-management Course
March 23rd, 2006, World of Psychology: MDF; The Bipolar Organization offers a self-management course for people with bipolar disorders in the UK...

Drug May Ease Suicidal Thoughts For Bipolar Sufferers
March 13th, 2006: KGO-TV San Francisco: Roxann and Robert enjoy the simple act of picking raspberries in their garden. Since they married more than 30 years ago, life has been anything but simple.

Burden of Illness in Bipolar Disorder
March 12th, 2006: by J. Sloan Manning, M.D. (PDF Download)

Repligen Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of RG2417 For Bipolar Depression
March 10th, 2006: Repligen Corporation (Nasdaq: RGEN) today announced that the Company has initiated a Phase 2 clinical trial of RG2417, an oral formulation of uridine, in patients with bipolar depression. This Phase 2 study is a multi-center, dose escalating study in which 80 patients will receive either RG2417 or a placebo for 6 weeks...