Paranoia is a form of psychosis- so there is a good chance that – if you have bipolar disorder- you have experienced paranoia.
Paranoia is a feeling/belief/thought that you have done something wrong and that someone or some organization is upset with you for doing this perceived something!
It’s easy to see what a mess paranoia can [...]
The interest in bipolar disorder and children never ends. It’s such a tough diagnosis.
I recently did an interview with Dr. Ajit Jetmalani on the topic of childhood psychiatric disorders. Here is a link to the radio show- it is a great companion to the Newsweek article on bipolar disorder.
Childhood Psychiatric Disorders Radio Show
You may have [...]
Dear Julie,
Do you have any information on how to help someone (my brother) with BP who is required to pay child support, but cannot due to his BP condition? He is headed for jail b/c he is so behind on his child support payments. There must be some type of justification in the courts that [...]
Writing Your Bipolar Story
There are so many books on the market about bipolar these days! Especially memoirs. I write and teach self help classes and often have students who want to write about mental health treatment. I give them this guideline:
Here’s who I am. Here’s what I’ve been through. Here’s the problem. Here’s how I [...]
Medscape Medical News 2007
May 22, 2007 — Prescriptions of antidepressants for patients with bipolar disorder were high in a study of 2001 – 2004 data, despite a lack of safety and efficacy evidence for this use. This study looked at initial and 1-year prescriptions for psychotropic drugs in 7567 patients newly treated for bipolar disorder.
A [...]
I gave a speech this weekend on mental health – in general. I covered the main types of mental illness- personality disorders such as borderline- psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia- mood disorders (bipolar and depression) and then anxiety disorders such as OCD.
Whew! They are [...]
I’ve received so many kind and supportive letters about my new radio show. I wish I could answer more of them! I just received a nice letter from a radio listener. She asked why there was not a show posted the past few weeks. Well… I had NO idea how much work the show would [...]
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