bipolar Articles
Glaxo's Paxil 352 Bipolar Trial - Ghostwritten
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 by BOB FIDDAMAN
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Who you gonna jail Anyone familiar with GlaxoSmithKline and Paxil will know all about the Paxil 329 study that they Glaxo hired a PR firm to draft and, later, persuaded key thought leaders, mainly child psychiatrists to endorse and promote at any given opportunity. The 329 study ... Read more
From the Publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
Monday, April 30th, 2012 by 76Trombones
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ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE ACT. A Chicago Tribune article didn't do any favors for those in the 2e community trying to get accommodations for their gifted children on tests such as the ACT or SAT. The article implied that parents in high-income communities "game" the system... Read more
Mania
Friday, March 9th, 2012 by Mostafa Ibrahim
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At my psychotherapy session today, my psychiatrist asked me to recount my journey with my disorder, starting with my first manic episode. Talking about my manic episode and the hypomanic episode that happened a few months later was hard for me to do. I try not to think about it b... Read more
EXCLUSIVE - Paxil Author in Sex With Patient Scandal
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 by BOB FIDDAMAN
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Paxil author Ray Berard. Pictimeslive.co.za Forgive the News of the Worldesque type headline for this blog post but I just couldn't resist it. I always love it when psychiatrists, particularly those connected with 'bigging up' the use of Paxil in children, give me the opportunity... Read more
Is Gambling the Opiate of the Masses?
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 by Dirk Hanson
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Two new books tackle gamblings addictive mysteries. Charles Fey, the American who invented the three-reel slot machine in 1898, is a well-known part of gambling history. But few people have heard of Inge Telnaes, the mathematician credited with the invention of the virtual reel a... Read more
“When Did I Become the Junkie Auntie Mame?”
Saturday, February 11th, 2012 by Dirk Hanson
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Courtney Love tells her tangled tale in a new e-book. Maer Roshan, author of Courtney Comes Clean The High Life and Dark Depths of Musics Most Controversial Icon, logged a dozen exhilarating and exhausting sessions with the widow of Nirvanas Kurt Cobain over the course of a year,... Read more
Risperdal Whistleblower
Thursday, January 19th, 2012 by BOB FIDDAMAN
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There has been much in the news recently about the whistleblowing case currently ongoing in Austin, Texas. Allen Jones is blowing the whistle on Johnson & Johnsons Janssen unit, whom, he alleges, paid a Texas mental health official to speak around the U.S. about state guideli... Read more
Mike Doughty Talks About “The Book of Drugs”
Saturday, January 14th, 2012 by Dirk Hanson
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Former Soul Coughing front man on sobriety and life as a solo artist. Over the phone, Mike Doughty doesnt have much to say about his former band, Soul Coughing. When I mention it, he gives out a low growl as a warning. He said it all in The Book of Drugs, and it doesnt sound like... Read more
Depression Hurts
Thursday, January 12th, 2012 by Mostafa Ibrahim
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This is my third admission into the hospital since I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder in August of 2010. Two of the times have been becasue of depressive episodes. I did not learn my lesson the first time, but I feel like I have now. I have too much to lose for me to ... Read more
Interview with Howard Shaffer, Director of the Division on Addiction at Harvard
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 by Dirk Hanson
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Defining addiction, making research more transparent, and dealing with the DSM-V The Five-Question Interview series. Like many incredibly busy people, Dr. Howard J. Shaffer, associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, is generous with his time. This paradox works... Read more
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