More info…The medicalization of such mental illnesses as depression and bipolar disorder, which have seen prescription drug advertisements on TV skyrocket since such advertising became permissible in 1997, has done nothing to remove the harmful stigma attached to the illnesses, according to sociologists from Indiana University and the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. [...]

More info…Frank Sinatra once said, no doubt in a way only Sinatra could, Being a saloon singer, thats my racket. Classic Sinatra II a 21-track companion to 2000s double-platinum Classic Sinatra and every note as good makes one helluva racket. Much of the follow-ups material comes from the lauded concept albums he released under Capitol [...]

More info…Seroquel debuted 12 years ago as a novel drug for adult patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, a powerful pill that would help stabilize their emotional lives. Psychiatrists began prescribing these tablets to others children with serious mental illnesses and adults with anxiety or depression. But these days, the use of Seroquel is growing [...]

More info…by Anne Durrell Defining the Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder can be difficult because this disorder has two distinctly different parts to it. Bipolar illness is characterized by what are called episodes. These ones fall into 2 phases that is manic and depressive. The depressive episodes are known to the low where the manic ones [...]

More info…Cognitive behavioral therapy for schizophrenia, bipolar or major depression is about as effective as the therapeutic equivalent of a sugar pill.From the University of Hertfordshire: The authors noted that not a single trial employing both blinding and psychological placebo has found CBT to be effective in schizophrenia and surprisingly few well-controlled studies of CBT [...]