Mood disorders and alcohol use disorder are both challenging to treat. A recent study concludes that a pathway involved in both conditions could be positively influenced by a commercially available chemical.
Date Posted: February 13, 2019
Categories: Addictions, Depression, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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Diet quality can affect many aspects of one's physical health and psychological well-being. New research investigates whether these factors can also affect the effectiveness of treatments for mood disorders — particularly bipolar.
Jan 23
Categories: Bipolar, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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This article talks about how being Bipolar can affect an addict or someone going through recovery from addiction.
Sep 11
Categories: Addictions, Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Bipolar, Health / ...
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Researchers believe that a significant number of people diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder may actually have a treatable immune system condition.
Aug 7
Categories: Bipolar, Mood Swings / Bipolar, Schizophrenia
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Researchers have discovered for the first time that computerized brain training can result in improved cognitive skills in individuals with bipolar disorder.
Jun 1
Categories: Bipolar, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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A new study reports that genetic susceptibility to bipolar disorder can increase the risk for suicide attempt, but only among those who have also experienced traumatic stress.
May 31
Categories: Bipolar, Mood Swings / Bipolar, Suicide Prevention
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Psychologists have found that children and adolescents with major depression or subthreshold forms of bipolar disorder - and who had at least one first-degree relative with bipolar disorder - responded better to a 12-session family-focused treatment ...
Dec 28
Categories: Bipolar, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Family Problems, Mood Swings ...
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In the new study, the researchers focused on a gene known as PDE10A, one of the many genes that has been linked to bipolar disorder, and the proteins this gene produces.
Mar 11
Categories: Bipolar, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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Slow-wave sleep - the deeper sleep during which the brain turns each day's events into permanent memories - is fragmented in adulthood in people exposed to high levels of alcohol in the womb.
Feb 29
Categories: Child Development, Depression, Learning Difficulties, Mood Swings / ...
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A drug destined for the scrap heap has been rescued by Oxford scientists, who may have found it a new role in treating bipolar disorder.
Dec 9
Categories: Bipolar, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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The Mediterranean Diet has taken the market by storm. It could be called the new healthy way of living. Eating a Mediterranean diet or other healthy dietary patterns comprising of fruit, vegetables, legumes and nuts can prevent the onset of ...
Sep 23
Categories: Depression, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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Bad moods suck, don't they? They seem to come out of nowhere, mess with our lives and then leave at their own whim. And just when we begin to think we're finally free from their clutches, they visit us again,a s if to ensure we don't stay happy for ...
Aug 5
Categories: Mood Swings / Bipolar
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Research shows that independent of weight gain and obesity, high-fat feeding can cause impairments in the functioning of the brain circuitry profoundly implicated in mood disorders, drug addiction, and overeating - several states and pathologies ...
Jul 21
Categories: Addictions, Eating Disorders, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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The first effective web-based treatment for Bipolar Disorder based on the latest research evidence has been developed by psychologists.
Aug 14
Categories: Bipolar, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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Robin Williams has long been a sufferer of bipolar disorder, a mental illness where the person fluctuates between episodes of extreme energy, focus and productivity (mania) and severe depression.
Aug 13
Categories: Bipolar, Depression, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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Yoga increases the brain's levels of GABA, a chemical that helps regulate nerve activity, research finds.
The study, lead by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine, compared yoga with a 'metabolically matched' walking condition. ...
Mar 26
Categories: Meditation, Mood Swings / Bipolar
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