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Where mental health help is scarce, telehealth comes to the rescue: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Michigan [US], February 9 (ANI): Mental health has been a taboo for as long as one can remember. It is only recently that people not only acknowledged mental health issues but also sought treatment for them.
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Study explores how weight gain from antipsychotic medicines affects patien
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Oxford [England], February 9 (ANI): Often than not, we see ourselves gaining weight like anything, post being on even normal medication for some time. It makes us think if at all we are doing something to our bodies or is it purely the medication. But what about people with bipolar disorder
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Study finds ketamine is short-term effective treatment for some suicidal p
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): A new research has found that ketamine is a fast-acting, efficient treatment for patients hospitalised for severe suicidal thoughts.
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Study: Mental health conditions not linked to allergies including asthma,
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): Researchers from Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences (PHS) and School of Psychological Science busted rumours and found out that allergic diseases do not cause mental health traits including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizoph
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Adjusting fatty acid intake may help with bipolar disorders
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): Clinical trial results have shown that a diet designed to alter levels of specific fatty acids consumed by participants may help patients with bipolar disorders have less variability in their mood.
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Selena Gomez opens up about her bipolar disorder diagnosis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): American singer and songwriter Selena Gomez recently opened up about a big realization she had when she learned she had bipolar disorder.
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Researchers identify regions of genome that increase risk for bipolar diso
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 17 (ANI): During the largest genetic study of bipolar disorder to date, researchers identified 64 regions of the genome containing DNA variations that increase the risk of bipolar disorder more than double the number previously identified.
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Research offers promising blood test for treating depression, bipolar diso
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Indiana [US], April 8 (ANI): Worldwide, 1 in 4 people are suffering from depression. While current diagnosis and treatment approaches are largely trial and error, a breakthrough study by Indiana University School of Medicine sheds new light on the biological basis of mood disorders and offer
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Disrupted biochemical pathway in brain linked to bipolar disorder
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): In new research, scientists have found for the first time that disruptions to a particular protein called Akt can lead to the brain changes characteristic of bipolar disorder.
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New clues why gold standard treatment for bipolar disorder doesn't work fo
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 6 (ANI): Lithium is considered the gold standard for treating bipolar disorder (BD), but nearly 70 per cent of people with BD don't respond to it. This leaves them at risk for debilitating, potentially life-threatening mood swings. Researchers at the Salk Institute h
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Therapy plus medication better than medication alone in bipolar disorder
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): A review of 39 randomised clinical trials by scientists from UCLA and their colleagues from other institutions has found that combining the use of medication with psychoeducational therapy is more effective at preventing a recurrence of illness in people wi
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Electroconvulsive therapy shown to significantly reduce suicide risk in bi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): One of the largest ever studies of patients with untreatable bipolar disorder has shown that ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) was able to reduce suicide risk by 84 per cent in high-risk patients, as well as giving effective treatment to around 72 per cent
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