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 First-Line Use Of Abilify Has More Than Doubled Over The Past Year For The

Bipolar Disorder Hospitalization Represents 60% Of Total Therapy Costs For The Disorder, UK
Main Category: Bipolar
Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry; Mental Health

Bipolar I Disorder

Physicians: An Option To Treat Manic or Mixed Episodes In Adults.

www.TreatBipolarPatients.com
 

From the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France; and Bipolar Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Objective: An online survey of European psychiatrists assessed awareness of the metabolic syndrome and its influence on the management of bipolar disorder.

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Public mental health services are in a dire state, the annual state comptroller's report warned yesterday. The report found extensive waiting lists for psychiatric hospitals and clinics and said psychiatric hospitals suffered from neglect.

The President of the WA Association for Mental Health has criticised the Federal Government's health reform plan.

Keith Wilson, who was a former Labor Health Minister, says it promises little for mental health services.

Mr Wilson says the Rudd Government's $50 billion takeover of public hospital funding which involves hospitals being run by local boards, is a step back in time.

He says the previous WA Labor Government abolished local hospital boards.

UNSW and the Black Dog Institute will take part in the largest international study of its type to pinpoint the risk factors associated with bipolar disorder.

Around 500 Australians aged 12 to 30 will be recruited to take part in the study, to be conducted in collaboration with four major research institutions in the United States - Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the Universities of Michigan, Indiana and Washington.

Recruitment to the study is scheduled to begin this month.

THE three hold-out premiers were last night refusing to hand over 30 per cent of their GST despite an extra $1.2 billion sweetener from Kevin Rudd.

The NSW, Victoria and Western Australia premiers said negotiations yesterday on the Prime Minister's health reform package had been productive but they warned they would not part with their GST funds.

NSW Premier Kristina Keneally emerged from yesterday's preliminary discussions to say she remained opposed to handing over GST revenue.