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Today is World Mental Health day. In India we have one national institute dedicated to Mental health called NIMHANS at Bangalore. As per WHO , 2% of a nations population suffer from some sort of mental illness while 1% suffer from serious conditions like Schizophrenia,bipolar,severe depression etc. We have 3200 psychiatrists,900 psychologists,700 psychiatric nurses for a population fo 1 billion.so mostly the mentally ill are catered to by temples,mazhars of Sufi saints and also faith healers
October 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
World Mental Health day
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Facts About Bipolar Disease
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Learning about bipolar disease and what it is will be incredibly helpful to you if you are a sufferer yourself. Far too often people are diagnosed with a condition, even if their doctors tell them that it is a lifelong condition that they are never going to be able to full get rid of, and they dont care to do research on it or find out anything more about it. This is actually quite disturbing, and it is very important that if you are ever diagnosed with any type of chronic, recurring cond
October 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Study: Large Percentage Of Bipolar Disorder Cases “Resolve Spontaneously” By Mid-30s
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A fascinating and possibly very important study came out in August in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (one of the American Psychological Association’s journals). It concerns bipolar disorder and its course across human lifespans and the study’s conclusion that many cases of bipolar disorder “resolve spontaneously”–the authors’ term, not mine–by the latter half of the third decade of life is both startling and not surprising to me because I’ve been making a similar argument about the disor
October 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Bipolar Is A Serious Disease If Not Treated
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by Ken P Doyle All of us have our daily ups and downs with some days really down and other days we are full of life. But those suffering from this mental illness called bipolar disorder, their good days are really high and their low days very, very low. Individuals with symptoms of bipolar disorder can have problems with their work, their school performance, relationships can nosedive and their day to day activities disrupted. Bipolar disorder is a treatable disease, but a lot of patients are
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Comment on Van Gogh is Bipolar: Restaurant Serves Brain-Healthy Food by Bipolar Brain
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Bipolar disorder is generally a disease mainly related with stress and depression. Though, it cannot be totally cured with food only, rich brain diet plays a a significant role in helping a person to overcome this mental disease.