ON MENTAL ILLNESS:Mood Disorders 
Berkeley Daily Planet
Yet, I have also been diagnosed with a mood disorder. I experience chronic anxiety and depression on a daily basis, and they have become part of my more recent diagnosis: Schizoaffective Disorder. This diagnosis means that I have psychotic problems and ...

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There are services for post-partum mood disorder in most areas 
Toronto Star
In support of your advice to contact her doctor, I wanted to share that public-health units in Ontario and across Canada have special Post-Partum Mood Disorder (PPMD) services for moms, which can be accessed by calling the public-health unit without a ...

 

Experts to Present Exciting Information on Preventing Borderline Personality ... 
MarketWatch (press release)
PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A panel of experts will discuss an exciting research-based theory that may have the potential for preventing Borderline Personality Disorder and some types of mood disorders, on Tuesday, May 29, ...

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A new look at nature of mood disorder 
Boston.com
As a child, Steve Thompson displayed outsized reactions to ordinary events and intense mood swings. By age 12, doctors diagnosed him with bipolar disorder. The idea that he had a chronic mental illness - one typically marked in adulthood by manic ...

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Experts to Present Exciting Information on Preventing Borderline Personality ... 
PR Newswire (press release)
PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A panel of experts will discuss an exciting research-based theory that may have the potential for preventing Borderline Personality Disorder and some types of mood disorders, on Tuesday, May 29, ...

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Migraine 'neurological and not vascular disorder' 
Times of India
The basis for preventive treatment is to understand that underlying risk factors for migraine can be modified or eliminated before migraine attacks become more frequent. triptans, depression and other mood disorders, obesity, snoring, head trauma, ...

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Have A Mood Disorder? Blame Your High-Strung Mom 
The Atlantic
It could also help explain why girls tend to experience mood disorders at greater rates than boys, a situation that until now was thought to be due to hormonal developments after birth or linked somehow to social expectations, said Victor Carrion, ...

 

Bipolar symptoms may begin in teen years 
Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of teenagers who have experienced mania -- a hallmark of bipolar disorder -- is close to the number of adults estimated to have the mood disorder, suggesting that for many the condition begins during adolescence, ...
Proposed diagnosis for bipolar disorder divides psychiatrists Boston Globe

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PMDD May Leave DSM Appendix and Become New Diagnosis 
Psychiatric News
A substantial body of research has emerged to indicate a unique symptom pattern in premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), distinct from other mood disorders, as well as a preferential response to SSRIs. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is being ...

 

What is Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder? 
PsychCentral.com (blog)
[Janet] Wozniak, who opposes the new mood-disorder diagnosis, said she fears that its focus on temper and irritability may capture too many normal but volatile children or delay what might be an appropriate bipolar diagnosis and treatment.