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  • July 2008

    • Mental Illness Drove NIU Killer to Suicide Tries

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 10, 08 2:20 PM CDT

      Mental Illness Drove NIU Killer to Suicide Tries

      The 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 in suburban Chicago. More »

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      suicide  • school shooting  • Northern Illinois University  • gunman  • Steven Kazmierczak  • bipolar disorder  • shooters  • prescription pills  • OCD

  • April 2008

    • Don't Expect a 20th Nervous Breakdown

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Apr 15, 08 10:11 AM CDT

      Don't Expect a 20th Nervous Breakdown

      “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 years,” one expert tells MSNBC. More »

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      depression  • mental illness  • psychiatry  • schizophrenia  • bipolar disorder  • psychiatric disorders

  • February 2008

    • Blood Test Aims to ID Bipolar Moods

      newser  |  MSNBC  |  Feb 26, 08 6:17 AM CST

      Blood Test Aims to ID Bipolar Moods

      Researchers 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 used to screen employees, military enlistees, or even college applicants, MSNBC reports. More »

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      psychiatry  • bipolar disorder  • Indiana University

  • January 2008

    • Britney Carted Off to 'Get Help'

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jan 31, 08 6:50 AM CST

      Britney Carted Off to 'Get Help'

      Following 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 been prescribed medication which she refuses to take." Earlier this week the singer's manager said she had begun seeing a psychiatrist for a "treatable" mental problem. More »

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      celebrity  • Britney Spears  • Kevin Federline  • bipolar disorder  • psychiatrist  • mental problems

    • Therapists Want End to Britney Diagnoses

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 24, 08 8:20 PM CST

      Therapists Want End to Britney Diagnoses

      The 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 outlets say such opinions are essential to coverage. More »

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      Britney Spears  • media  • paparazzi  • psychology  • mental illness  • psychiatry  • bipolar disorder  • therapist

  • December 2007

    • Parents See Kids' Disorders in Themselves

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 9, 07 3:14 PM CST

      Parents See Kids' Disorders in Themselves

      Parents 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 their sense of guilt. Some families even build a deeper bond over a shared mental disorder. More »

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      parenting  • autism  • ADHD  • bipolar disorder  • psychiatric disorders

  • September 2007

    • Number of Bipolar Kids Skyrockets

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Sep 4, 07 11:04 AM CDT

      Number of Bipolar Kids Skyrockets

      The number of American children being treated for bipolar disorder soared 40-fold between 1994 and 2003, and has probably risen significantly since then, the New York Times reports. The revelation in this month's Archives of General Psychiatry has stunned psychiatrists and heightened concerns that the condition may be over-diagnosed. More »

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      children  • depression  • psychiatry  • bipolar disorder  • Risperdal  • Seroquel

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