When a pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into a mountainside in the French Alps last month, one word kept coming up over and over in the media coverage: depression. What did the airline know about the pilot’s mental health, and what was he required to tell them?
It’s well known that taking a prescription drug will put a person at risk of side effects. Most of the time, these are pretty mild, ranging from fever to vomiting and stomach problems. Unfortunately, those weren’t the side effects one Atlanta woman experienced after taking her own prescription pills.
Monday is World Bipolar Day, an annual campaign to educate people about a little-understood illness that affects almost 6 million adults in America. Marked by alternating episodes of extreme mania and deep depression, it usually only becomes part of the national conversation when someone does something deadly (a school shooting) or Hollywood makes a movie (“Silver Linings Playbook”). Witness the speculation swirling around the pilot who authorities believe crashed the Germanwings jet in the French Alps last week.
Charles Hamilton’s last attempt at rap superstardom ended with him finding out he was dropped from Interscope Records via the Internet. A supposedly playful rap battle of him and his on-and-off girlfriend on video concluded with him getting punched, and later, headlines surfaced of the promising rapper/producer undergoing psychiatric treatment. In a new interview with Billboard, Hamilton’s mother and members from his new management team detail how he got back on track.
Much of the early buzz around Empire was focused on Lucious Lyon’s ALS diagnosis. With the series’ skyrocketing ratings, there’s an opportunity to shed light on that fatal illness. When the show first addressed son Andre’s bipolar disorder, I was surprised and oddly delighted. Last year I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I thought bipolar disorder meant that people act just like Andre. However, I don’t act just like Andre.
For the millions of people who have been touched by some form mental illness, Pete Wentz has a message for you: It’s OK to open up.
At age 23, Stephanie Joseph noticed she was having trouble concentrating at work – that is, when she actually made it into the office.
Bipolar disorder is a complex spectrum of diseases that have in common drastic changes in mood and behavior. Depression is the most common initial mood disorder in bipolar disorder.
DALLAS, Dec. 29 (UPI) — Researchers have identified a series of inherited genes for sleep, wake and activity cycles that are linked to the development of bipolar disorder, which they said could aid in the development of new methods for prevention and treatment.
DALLAS, Dec. 29 (UPI) — Researchers have identified a series of inherited genes for sleep, wake and activity cycles that are linked to the development of bipolar disorder, which they said could aid in the development of new methods for prevention and treatment.