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Information on ADHD – Causes, Types and Treaments

February 1st, 2009 | Add a Comment

What I have learned is Did you know there are several different causes, types, and treatments for ADHD?  This is just some of the important information on ADHD that often goes overlooked. ADHD is short for Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. It’s a pattern of impulsiveness and inattention, with or without a component of hyperactivity. With this disorder it most commonly found in children but can stay well into adulthood by a 10-40 percent chance. This disorder is most commonly found in boys rather than girls. Yes, there are treatments for ADHD. Treatments would be medication, life style changes, counseling, and/or behavior modifications. The safer of the treatments would be medication and behavior therapy except that pre-schoolers should not have medication if that’s the case then talk to your doctor. Studies don’t show whether it … Read entire article »

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Study On Treatment Options For Bipolar Disorder

April 1st, 2007 | Add a Comment

For depressed people with bipolar disorder who are taking a mood stabilizer, adding an antidepressant medication is no more effective than a placebo (sugar pill), according to results published online on March 28, 2007 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results are part of the large-scale, multi-site Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD), a $26.8 million clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Bipolar disorder, a sometimes debilitating illness marked by severe mood swings between depression and mania, is usually treated with mood stabilizers such as lithium, valproate, carbamazepine or other medications that reduce mania. However, depression is more common than mania in bipolar disorder, and depressive episodes tend to last longer than episodes of mania. Antidepressant medications are … Read entire article »

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Bipolar Disorder

February 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment

What is Bipolar Disorder? Bipolar Disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a serious medical illness that causes shifts in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to function. Different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through, the symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe. Signs & Symptoms Bipolar disorder causes dramatic mood swings from overly “high” and/or irritable to sad and hopeless, and then back again, often with periods of normal mood in between. Severe changes in energy and behavior go along with these changes in mood. The periods of highs and lows are called episodes of mania and depression. Treatment Most people with bipolar disorder can achieve substantial stabilization of their mood swings and related symptoms over time with proper treatment. A strategy that combines medication and psychosocial treatment is optimal for … Read entire article »

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