Current Breast Cancer Drug Looks Promising for Mania re Bipolar Disorder

Here is another article I received via a news feed. This looks promising! A current drug for breast cancer may have promising results for people suffering from bipolar disorder when they are in a manic state.
Check out this article: Channel 8 Drug Article
Commentary is welcome!

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Another Tragic Mental Health Casualty in Connecticut

I learned about this mental health tragedy this morning, when I received a feed about a news article regarding the death of a young woman being cared for in the Connecticut mental health system. This is a HORRIBLE story — and our hearts go out to this family and the young woman’s friends and [...]

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Physical Brain Differences in Bipolar Adults/Adolescents

This is a very informative research article about the differences in the physical characteristics in some areas of the brain in people with Bipolar Disorder.
Brain Differences in Bipolar Adolescents & Adults

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A Letter to the CT Insurance Commissioner: 12/10/1999

This is the actual text in a letter I wrote to the Insurance Commissioner in CT, asking for his help in dealing with insurance companies that would drop our son’s medical coverage for apparently no reason at all. This was a very frightening and horribly stressful time for my husband and I, because [...]

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Letter Written on May 1, 2000

This was a letter written to appeal for a proper placement for our son as he was to move out of a psychiatric hospitalization placement to a residential treatment facility. Our son was in high school at the time. The verbiage is exact except for individual names that have been changed.
“My son has [...]

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